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N.Korea missile fell into sea, no threat to N.America: US Strategic Command

Published: 09 Jul 2016 - 09:29 am | Last Updated: 08 Nov 2021 - 02:05 am
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A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

The US Strategic Command said on Saturday it had tracked what it believed was a KN-11 submarine-launched ballistic missile fired from North Korea's east coast port of Sinpo, which then fell into the sea between the North and Japan.

The command said in a statement the missile was tracked over the Sea of Japan, "where initial indications are it fell". The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) determined the missile did not pose a threat to North America, it said.

The Sea of Japan is known as the East Sea in South Korea.

Reuters