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**rth Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile
SEOUL: **rth Korea on Saturday appeared to have test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Seoul´s defence ministry said, a day after the US and South Korea decided to deploy an advanced missile defence system in the South.
The launch from a submarine was apparently successful but the missile failed in the early stage of flight, the South Korean defence ministry said in a press statement. It said the **rth launched "what was believed to be an SLBM" from waters off the **rtheastern port of Sinpo at around 11:30 am (0230 GMT). Yonhap news agency said the missile, launched from a 2,000-tonne Sinpo-class submarine, reached an altitude of some 10 kilometres (six miles) before exploding in midair. **rth Korea previously fired an SLBM on April 23 in a test hailed as an "eye-opening success" by leader Kim Jong-Un, who at the time declared his country had the ability to strike Seoul and the US whenever it pleased. "**rth Korea has been persistent in violating UN resolutions by launching ballistic missiles continuously," the defence ministry in Seoul said. It **ted that the **rth carried out back-to-back tests of a powerful new medium-range missile on June 22, which sparked swift international condemnation. The two missiles achieved a significant increase in flight distance over previous failed launches and were believed to be of a much-hyped, intermediate-range Musudan missile -- theoretically capable of reaching US bases as far away as Guam, the ministry said in June. "We strongly condemn such provocative acts", it said Saturday. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the launch did **t pose an immediate threat. "We don´t consider the missile launch to be anything that would immediately affect Japan´s national security directly. We have to cooperate with the international community and condemn **rth Korea," he told public broadcaster NHK. أكثر... ??????? ??????: **rth Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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