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		</div><p>South Korea&#8217;s joint chiefs of staff said that a missile was launched from North Korea&#8217;s northern Jagang province today.</p>
<p>There was no immediate confirmation of the launch by North Korea. The day&#8217;s broadcast on state-run television had already ended when the news broke at around midnight Pyongyang time.</p>
<p>Yoji Koda, a retired admiral in Japan&#8217;s maritime self defence force, said information that the missile flew 45 minutes and landed west of Hokkaido suggests that it was most likely another ICBM.</p>
<p>Earlier, Japan&#8217;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.</p>
<p>Shinzo Abe said officials are analysing the apparent launch.</p>
<p>He has also called a meeting of the national security council.</p>
<p>In Washington, Pentagon spokesman, Navy Captain Jeff Davis, confirmed that the launch of a ballistic missile from North Korea had been detected.</p>
<p>He said: <i>&#8220;We are assessing and will have more information soon.&#8221;</i></p>
<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.</p>
<p>Public broadcaster NHK said the coast guard has issued safety warnings to aircraft and ships.</p>
<p>July 27 is a major national holiday in North Korea, called Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War Day.</p>
<p>North Korea generally waits hours or sometimes a day or more before announcing launches, often with a raft of photos in the ruling party newspaper or on television news.</p>
<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is usually shown at the site to observe and supervise major launches.</p>
<p>Late-night launches are rare. North Korea usually conducts its missile and underground nuclear tests in the morning.</p>
<p>To have a real deterrent, it is important for North Korea to prove it can launch whenever and wherever it chooses &#8211; making it harder for foreign military observers trying to detect their activities ahead of time.</p>
<p>It is likely the North launched the missile at night and from the remote province of Jagang to demonstrate its operational versatility.</p>
<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.</p>
<p>It was launched at a very steep angle, a technique called lofting, and reached a height of more than 1,550 miles before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean 580 miles away.</p>
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