US warship approaches North Korea after Kim Jong Un carries out another failed missile test, just hours after Pyongyang warned it was ‘on the brink of nuclear war’ with the United States
US confirmed that North Korea has carried out a non-nuclear missile launch
Launch comes just hours after the county announced it was ‘on the brink of nuclear war’ as the United States stages military drills with South Korea
The mid-range KN-17 ballistic missile was fired from a location in the South Pyeongan province in the early hours of Saturday local time
It failed to reach the Sea of Japan but instead blew up above land
President Donald Trump said the missile test ‘disrespected the wishes of China’
The USS Carl Vinson, US super aircraft carrier, was spotted sailing north towards North Korea in a show of force on Saturday, local time
By HANNAH PARRY
DAILYMAIL.COM
29 April 2017
A US warship is heading towards North Korea after Kim Jong Un carried out yet another failed missile launch.
The USS Carl Vinson, US super aircraft carrier, was spotted sailing north offshore Nagasaki, Japan on Saturday local time, in a show of force after North Korea’s latest test-fire flop.
A US official said the ballistic missile, thought to be a mid-range KN-17, was fired from a location in the South Pyeongan province in the early hours of Saturday morning local time. It blew up over land before it ever reached its target of the Sea of Japan, landing around 22 miles from Pukchang airfield, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
It flew for several minutes and reached a maximum height of 44 miles before it apparently failed.
The launch comes just hours after the country announced it was ‘on the brink of nuclear war’ as the United States stages military drills with South Korea.
So far, there has been no comment on the failed test-fire from North Korea. But the failure would be a huge embarrassment to leader Kim Jong-un who has a history of humiliating military misfires.
Earlier this month, there were claims a failed North Korean missile launch may have been ‘thwarted by cyber attacks from the US’.
It is not known whether Saturday’s launch was disrupted by America.
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