Japan: “North Korea’s ballistic missile flies for 86 minutes, the longest ever… it could be a new type of missile”

Japan: “North Korea’s ballistic missile flies for 86 minutes, the longest ever… it could be a new type of missile”


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A launch video of the solid fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘Hwasong-18’ released by North Korea’s Korean Central Television on December 18 last year. Chosun Central TV/Yonhap News

The Japanese government announced on the 31st that the flight time of a ballistic missile launched by North Korea at a high angle into the East Sea was the longest among ballistic missiles launched so far, so it may be a new type of missile.

According to NHK, Japan’s Coast Guard cited information from the Ministry of Defense at 7:16 a.m. on this day and warned sailing ships to be careful, saying, “At least one object that may be a ballistic missile was launched from North Korea at around 7:11 a.m.” . The Japanese government later announced that the ballistic missile had landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

NHK reported that Defense Minister Ken Nakatani told reporters, “The ballistic missile landed around 8:37 a.m.” and “It has the longest flight time so far, so it may be a new type of missile.” According to the Japanese government’s estimate, this North Korean ballistic missile flew for about 86 minutes.

Defense Minister Nakatani added, “We are analyzing information in close cooperation with South Korea and the United States.” The Japanese government decided to hold the National Security Council (NSC).


The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff also announced that at approximately 7:10 a.m. on this day, North Korea launched a ballistic missile, believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), from the Pyongyang area into the East Sea.

Source: Korean