“These missile launches clearly show that North Korea has developed a new threat,” a visibly worried Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo. “We will collect information and strongly protest to North Korea.”[Did North Korea just test missiles capable of hitting the U.S.? North Korea has repeatedly claimed to be working on an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States, and has been making observable progress toward this goal. North Korea denounced the exercises and warned last week that it was ready to retaliate. North Korea last month launched an intermediate-range missile, its first since Trump was elected president.

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2017 23:42 UTC