NoKo fires mid-range missile close to Japan

WT: A ballistic missile fired by North Korea landed in waters controlled by Japan Wednesday, sparking a angry reaction from Tokyo, where military officials warned earlier this week of the growing nuclear weapons threat from Pyongyang.

The mid-range Rodong missile, which was not carrying a warhead, slammed into waters within Japan’s exclusive economic zone after being test fired from launch site roughly 1,000 kilometers away in southwestern North Korea.

South Korea’s Yonhap news service reported the missile was one of two test launched Wednesday by Pyongyang. It quoted South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying one of the missiles exploded shortly after launch, while the other soared toward Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the missile had fallen into Tokyo’s territorial waters and called it an “unforgivable act of aggression that represents a grave threat to the security of Japan,” according to The Wall Street Journal.  MORE