TOKYO – North Korea launched what appears to be another intercontinental ballistic missile, the Pentagon said Tuesday, with experts calculating that the U.S. capital is now technically within Kim Jong Un’s reach. This suggested that it had been fired almost straight up – on a lofted trajectory similar to North Korea’s two previous intercontinental ballistic missile tests. The Pentagon said that the projectile did indeed appear to be an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM. The Japanese government had detected radio signals suggesting that North Korea might be preparing for a ballistic missile launch, Kyodo News reported Monday, citing government sources. The pause had raised hopes that North Korea might be showing interest in returning to talks about its nuclear program.

Source: National Post November 28, 2017 19:21 UTC