On the morning of July 4 – Independence Day in the U.S. – another ballistic missile roared skywards in northwest Korea, deep inside the territory of the DPRK. About 40 minutes later, it splashed into the sea of Japan nearly 1000km downrange from the launch pad.
This could have been unremarkable by itself, except for the steep trajectory of that missile. Japanese sources said that it reached an altitude of "considerably more than 2500 Km". Soon after, North Korea announced the peak altitude was in fact 2802 km.
On the morning of July 4 – Independence Day in the U.S. – another ballistic missile roared skywards in northwest Korea, deep inside the territory of the DPRK. About 40 minutes later, it splashed into the sea of Japan nearly 1000km downrange from the launch pad.
This could have been unremarkable by itself, except for the steep trajectory of that missile. Japanese sources said that it reached an altitude of "considerably more than 2500 Km". Soon after, North Korea announced the peak altitude was in fact 2802 km.
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