North Korea carried out a missile test over Japan Tuesday morning. The North Korean missile tests on Saturday and again on Tuesday came during joint military drills that the United States and South Korea started a week ago. “I wondered, where will the missile go to?”South Korea said it was ready to defend itself from the North Korean threat. With China to the west and Russia to the north, North Korea can flight-test its mid- or intermediate-range missiles only to the south or to the east, analysts said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAlong with South Korea, Japan and Guam would most likely be the first targets of a North Korean attack should war break out on the Korean Peninsula, analysts said.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2017 21:39 UTC