North Korea Just Fired Missile Over Japan In Major Escalation
North Korean crisis mounts.
North Korea fired a medium-range missile that passed through Japanese airspace.
The missile, which came down in the Pacific Ocean around 6 AM local time, crossed over Hokkaido.
The missile launch marks a new provocation in an increasing escalator series of actions by North Korea.
In Japan, Emergency sirens rang out as the government issued a “take shelter” warning to those in the region.
The missile that flew over Japan was one of three missiles launched.
During a statement to the press, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said, “We’ll make the utmost effort to protect the public.”
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