Japan and South Korea accuse North of ICBM missile launch

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>South Korea&&num;8217&semi;s joint chiefs of staff said that a missile was launched from North Korea&&num;8217&semi;s northern Jagang province today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There was no immediate confirmation of the launch by North Korea&period; The day&&num;8217&semi;s broadcast on state-run television had already ended when the news broke at around midnight Pyongyang time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yoji Koda&comma; a retired admiral in Japan&&num;8217&semi;s maritime self defence force&comma; said information that the missile flew 45 minutes and landed west of Hokkaido suggests that it was most likely another ICBM&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; Japan&&num;8217&semi;s prime minister said North Korea has fired what is believed to have been a missile which may have landed in the sea off the Japanese coast&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shinzo Abe said officials are analysing the apparent launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He has also called a meeting of the national security council&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Washington&comma; Pentagon spokesman&comma; Navy Captain Jeff Davis&comma; confirmed that the launch of a ballistic missile from North Korea had been detected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; <i>&&num;8220&semi;We are assessing and will have more information soon&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the missile flew for about 45 minutes and landed off the coast in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Public broadcaster NHK said the coast guard has issued safety warnings to aircraft and ships&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>July 27 is a major national holiday in North Korea&comma; called Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War Day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>North Korea generally waits hours or sometimes a day or more before announcing launches&comma; often with a raft of photos in the ruling party newspaper or on television news&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is usually shown at the site to observe and supervise major launches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Late-night launches are rare&period; North Korea usually conducts its missile and underground nuclear tests in the morning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To have a real deterrent&comma; it is important for North Korea to prove it can launch whenever and wherever it chooses &&num;8211&semi; making it harder for foreign military observers trying to detect their activities ahead of time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is likely the North launched the missile at night and from the remote province of Jagang to demonstrate its operational versatility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Analysts said the Hwasong 14 ICBM launched by North Korea on July 4 could be capable of reaching most of Alaska or possibly Hawaii if fired in an attacking trajectory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was launched at a very steep angle&comma; 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