North Korea conducted an “ICBM [inter-contiential ballistic missile] launching drill” Saturday, hours after South Korea announced it would hold joint exercises with the United States.
Citing the South Korean military, the New York Times reported a North Korean ICBM, launched from the communist regime’s capital of Pyongyang, “flew about 560 miles to the east” on Saturday and landed off Japan’s coast.
The missile, reportedly a Hwasong-15, showed similar results to a Hwasong-17 tested in November, as CBS News reported. If launched at the proper angle, the Hwasong-17 could potentially reach the United States, per the outlet:
According to the South Korean and Japanese militaries, the missile was fired on a high angle, apparently to avoid reaching the neighbors’ territories, and traveled about 560 miles at a maximum altitude of 3,500 miles during an hourlong…
