North Korea Unsuccessfully Fires Ballistic Missile From Submarine, Seoul Says

WSJ ^ | July 9, 2016 | Kwanwoo Jun

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North Korea Unsuccessfully Fires Ballistic Missile From Submarine, Seoul Says

Test launch comes a day after U.S. and South Korea said they would deploy a new missile-defense system

By Kwanwoo Jun

Updated July 9, 2016 1:57 a.m. ET

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SEOUL—North Korea appeared to have unsuccessfully fired a missile from a submarine Saturday, just a day after Washington and Seoul agreed to deploy an advanced missile-defense system in South Korea to counter Pyongyang’s threats.

South Korea’s defense ministry said North Korea test-fired what it views as a submarine-launched ballistic missile​off the eastern coastal city of Sinpo about 11:30 a.m. local time Saturday.

“After its ejection from underwater, the projectile appeared to have failed in its early stage of flight,” said a ministry spokesman in Seoul who declined to give further details, including the distance of the flight.

The South’s military was analyzing the nature of the North’s latest missile test, but it “strongly condemns the missile test as an outright violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions” that ban Pyongyang from engaging in ballistic-missile activities, he said.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Thanks for the ping.

[Tainan]

When ever I think of a Nork submarine, the word “screendoor” comes to mind.

[TomasUSMC]

TWO THINGS

ANY ATTACK FROM N.K WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ATTACK FROM CHINA
(LIKE JFK AND CUBA MISSILE CRISIS)

WIPE N.K. OUT NOW WITH EVERY KNOWN WEAPON AND TECH AND STRATEGY WE HAVE.