North Korea launches short-range ballistic missile, U.S. military says
North Korea on Sunday launched a short-range ballistic missile, the U.S. Pacific Command said.
The missile was tracked for six minutes until it landed in the Sea of Japan, the U.S. Pacific Command said.
The White House said President Trump had been briefed on the launch.
This is the ninth missile test North Korea has conducted this year. Earlier this month, North Korea claimed it had launched a missile large enough to carry “a “large, heavy nuclear warhead.”
The Pentagon announced on Friday that they will try to shoot down an intercontinental-range missile for the first time, with the goal of to more closely simulate a North Korean ICBM aimed at the U.S. homeland.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that a war with North Korea would be “catastrophic.”
“A conflict in North Korea, John, would be probably the worst kind of fighting in most people’s lifetimes,” Mattis said.