Posted on 11/28/2017 2:09:41 PM PST by Red Badger
NORTH Korea has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), sparking a ferocious "precision strike" rocket response from South Korea.
North Korea launched the missile at around 3am local time (6pm GMT), sparking a furious response from Seoul.
Within minutes of North Korea's ICBM launch, South Korea had fired its own missile launch in retaliation.
The North Korean missile was fired eastwards from the hermit state. The missile landed about 210km west of Japan's Kyurokujima island, Tokyo said.
Japanese media reports the missile was in the air for 50 minutes - indicating a very high altitude flight path.
It travelled east for around 620 miles and to an altitude of 2,500 miles before crashing into the Sea of Japan.
US leader Donald Trump was briefed on the missile while it was still in the air.
This late-night launch is rare, with most taking place during daylight hours.
A South Korean military official said earlier this evening: “We confirm that we have detected a North Korean ballistic missile launch. The missile is still travelling towards the direction to the East Sea, as we are monitoring right now.
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I have my eclipse glasses ready.
“South Korea had fired its own missile launch in retaliation.”
Woah, let’s kick it up a notch.
Isn’t that a first?
Altitude of 2,500 miles? Sounds odd.
World War Five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZIutRz9hw
No, 2500 is even...
So...? What did this ferocious "precision strike" target and what were the results?
What the heck is a “precision strike”?
It basically went straight up, then the earth turned as it was climbing and it fell back to earth 600 miles away..............
Their missile hit the same spot.................
What you did there, I saw it.
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Ridiculous clickbait
There is an island 200 ish miles to the east of North Korea that is owned by South Korea and is about the same latitude as the DMZ. I am thinking that would be an excellent place to deploy a THADD unit. Could also deploy some units in Japans’s northern islands.
LOL, I saw what you did there.
It’s British tabloidism......................
It would have to be heavily defended to keep NK from seizing it.........................
I’ll be here all week.
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