The first launch was considered to have failed, travelling about 150km (90 miles) before landing in the sea.
The second, launched hours later, flew about 400km. Military officials in the South said both were intermediate-range Musudan missiles.
A confirmed successful test would mark a step forward for North Korea after four failed launches in recent months.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Seoul and the US were "carrying out an in-depth analysis" of the second launch, and did not say whether it was considered a success.
North Korea, which is developing nuclear weapons, is banned by UN resolutions from any use of ballistic missile technology...
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22/6/16
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Tokyo protests after North Korean midrange missiles fall into Sea of Japan...
ReplyDeleteMissiles from North Korea’s two latest missile launches flew over the Sea of Japan where they both fell, according to initial information, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday in Washington.
The second missile flew about 400 km (250 miles), South Korea’s military said Wednesday, but it had yet to determine whether the launch was a success or failure.
Japan was quick to denounce the apparent provocation.
Despite the repeated failures, the North’s persistence in testing the Musudan worries Washington and its allies, Tokyo and Seoul, because the missile’s potential 3,500-km (2,180-mile) range puts much of Asia and the Pacific — including U.S. military bases there — within its striking range....Kyodo