North Korea Launches Two Ballistic Missiles

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles Wednesday morning according to U.S. and South Korean authorities. The missiles were fired toward the Sea of Japan. Though one reportedly exploded immediately after launch, the other missile landed in Japanese waters 150 miles off the country’s coast in the exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) – the first time a North Korean missile has landed there since 1998. Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe said “It’s a serious threat against our country’s security…..This is an outrageous act that cannot be tolerated.” U.S. Strategic Command said it detected what it believed was the simultaneous launch of two presumed No Dong intermediate range ballistic missiles, in a move which has been condemned by South Korea as well as Japan and Washington. RT reports: The projectile that was launched at about 7:50am local time (around midnight GMT), and, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, flew for about 1,000 km (620 miles) before landing in Japan’s economic exclusion zone. US Strategic Command said it had also detected a second launch which resulted in failure. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff termed the latest launch part of a North Korean ambition to “directly and broadly attack neighboring countries and [...]