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North Korea launches ICBM with warning Kim could hit ‘EVERYWHERE’ in world<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

North Korea launches ICBM with warning Kim could hit ‘EVERYWHERE’ in world:- NORTH Korea has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), sparking a ferocious “precision strike” rocket response from South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea launched the missile at around 3am local time (6pm GMT) yesterday, sparking a furious response from Seoul.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within minutes of North Korea’s ICBM launch, South Korea had fired its own missile launch in retaliation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The North Korean missile was fired eastwards from the hermit state. The missile landed about 210km west of Japan’s Kyurokujima island, Tokyo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Japanese media reports the missile was in the air for 50 minutes – indicating a very high altitude flight path<\/span><\/p>\n

It travelled east for around 620 miles and to an altitude of 2,500 miles before crashing into the Sea of Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

US leader Donald Trump was briefed on the missile while it was still in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n

He spoke by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, with all three leaders reaffirming their commitment to combat the North Korean threat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Trump said: \u201cIt is a situation we will handle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the launch did not change his administration’s approach to North Korea, which has included new curbs to hurt trade between China and North Korea, which it sees as important to deterring Pyongyang from its ambition to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said the ICBM went “higher frankly than any previous shot they’ve taken”.<\/span><\/p>\n

He warned the missile demonstrated North Korea had the ability to hit “everywhere in the world” during a regular news briefing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington has said repeatedly said that all options, including military ones, are on the table in dealing with North Korea while stressing its desire for a peaceful solution.<\/span><\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson added: “Diplomatic options remain viable and open, for now.”<\/span><\/p>\n

And the Union of Concerned Scientists said North Korea’s missile launch could have put even Washington in range.<\/span><\/p>\n

This late-night launch is rare, with most taking place during daylight hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new Hwasong-15, named after the planet Mars, was a more advanced version of an ICBM tested twice in July, North Korea said, adding “it was designed to carry a “super-large heavy warhead”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The United States and Japan have asked for a United Nations Security Council meeting today over the test, diplomats said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A South Korean military official said yesterday \u201cWe confirm that we have detected a North Korean ballistic missile launch. The missile is still travelling towards the direction to the East Sea, as we are monitoring right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile early this morning from Pyongsong, South Pyongan to the east direction. South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff is analysing more details of the missile with the US side.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

An emergency meeting of Japan\u2019s cabinet over conference call was scheduled for 3.30am local time (6.30pm GMT) yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n

President Jae-in said the missile was a threat to “world peace”.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: “The situation could get out of control if North Korea perfects its ICBM technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

“North Korea shouldn’t miscalculate the situation and threaten South Korea with a nuclear weapon, which could elicit a possible pre-emptive strike by the United States,” after a national security council meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

China expressed “grave concern” on Wednesday morning, with the foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang telling a regular news briefing the country wanted all parties act cautiously to preserve peace and stability.<\/span><\/p>\n

While, the UK’s Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, tweeted: “Another illegal missile launch from DPRK. This is not the path to security and prosperity for the North Korean people. DPRK regime must change course.”<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea’s missile experts were given a rallying message from Kim Jong-un before they fired the ICBM in a strike capable to hitting the USA, it has now emerged.<\/span><\/p>\n

State television broadcast a photo of Kim\u2019s signed order, where he wrote: \u201cTest launch is approved. Taking place at the daybreak of November 29! Fire with courage for the party and country!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pentagon said last night it had detected a \u201cprobable\u201d missile launch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spokesman Colonel Robert Manning said: \u201cWe detected a probable missile launch from North Korea. We are in the process of assessing the situation and will provide additional details when available.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

South Korean news agency Yonhap said: \u201cNorth Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile from South Pyongan Province early Wednesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe missile flew eastward and the South Korean military is analyzing details with the US, it said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeffrey Lewis, head of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of Strategic Studies, said: “We don’t have to like it, but we’re going to have to learn to live with North Korea’s ability to target the United States with nuclear weapons.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It is North Korea’s first missile launch since mid-September, when it fired a missile over Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

The missile launch comes just hours after US government sources warned a North Korea missile launch could take place in the “next few days”.<\/span><\/p>\n

And on Tuesday North Korea issued a sabre-rattling statement in a state-run propaganda newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mouthpiece for Kim\u2019s one-party government said: \u201cThe army and people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will surely accelerate the final victory in the standoff with the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe US is driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war by mobilising huge aggression forces while tightening the sanctions upon the DPRK.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It came a week after President Trump put North Korea back on a US list of countries it says support terrorism, allowing it to impose more sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The test also follows a dramatic defection to South Korea by a North Korean soldier on November 13, who braved a hail of bullets by fellow soldiers as he crossed the heavily fortified border dividing the two Koreas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neither the North Korean government nor its state media have made any mention of the defection, which dominated headlines in South Korea and in international media for days.<\/span><\/p>\n

A South Korean official said: “Kim may have wanted to regain control of the narrative and reinforce solidarity,” after the defection and increasing diplomatic isolation.<\/span><\/p>\n

While, Kim Dong-yub, a military expert at South Korea’s Kyungnam University said: “They couldn’t sit pat after having been designated a sponsor state of terrorism”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The North Korean leader is also keen to fulfil a vow made in a 2017 New Year’s message to soon achieve an operable ICBM.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Dong-yub added: “Kim Jong Un said at the beginning of this year they were near completing their nuclear capability. Won’t he have to say in next year’s New Year’s address that they’ve completed it?”<\/span><\/p>\n

Cho Myoung-gyon, South Korea’s unification minister, also warned Kim might complete his nuclear program much sooner than previously thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking about Kim’s efforts to develop a viable long-range nuclear weapon, he added: “Experts think North Korea will take two to three more years but they are developing their nuclear capabilities faster than expected.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We cannot rule out the possibility Pyongyang may declare the completion of their nuclear program in a year.”<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea has said its weapons programmes are a necessary defence against US plans to invade.<\/span><\/p>\n

The United States, which has 28,500 troops in South Korea as a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean war, denies any such intention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/885448\/north-korea-launch-ballistic-missile-usa-world-war-3-kim-jong-un<\/span><\/p>\n

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