N Korea launches ballistic missile from submarine – Seoul
RT.com
23 Apr, 2016
North Korea has conducted its third submarine ballistic missile firing, Yonhap news agency reports, citing the South Korean military. There has been no immediate report on whether the launch was successful.
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) was fired Saturday from the Sea of Japan (also known as East Sea) water zone in the open sea direction at about 6:30 p.m. local time (0930 GMT), Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
The missile flew “for a few minutes,” Yonhap agency said, citing a military source.
Seoul believes the missile launch was made to make a point in the wake of a key 7th meeting of North Korea Workers’ Party in May. A congress of the ruling party has been summoned for the first time in 36 years.
The first underwater launch of North Korean SLBM missile KN-11 was made on November 27, 2015, and allegedly resulted in failure.
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