N Korea Poised to Make America’s ‘Worst Nightmare’ Come True
SputnikNews.com
30.04.2017
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Friday night but the missile exploded soon after launch. The latest test closely watched by the US and Japan, added a new twist to the rising tensions on the divided peninsula.
Kim’s 50 missiles
Friday’s launch was already the 50th ballistic missile North Korea has test-fired since Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged Washington and Beijing to ramp up pressure on Pyongyang.
“Despite strong warnings by the international community, North Korea today went through its ballistic missile launch. It is a grave threat to our country. This is absolutely not acceptable. We strongly condemn such acts,” Abe told reporters in London on Saturday.
Russia too was keeping a close eye on the flight of the North Korean missile, which, in case of malfunction, might change course and head toward Russian territory.
“Russia is extremely attentive about what is going on in North Korea and controls the airspace in the zone of its responsibility,” Senator Viktor Ozerov told Sputnik.
Meanwhile, Dave Benham, a spokesman for the United States Pacific Command, said that the launch took place at 10 p.m. GMT and that the missile “did not leave North Korean territory.”
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