Is ‘lil Kim trying to show who’s the boss on the Korean Peninsula? Here’s the deal dimwit, if you want to do business with the World, stop trying to act like “Dr Evil” – PB/TK
North Korea Test-Fires a Missile, Challenging New Leader in the South – By Foster Klug and Hyung-Jin Kim / May 13, 2017
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew for half an hour and reached an unusually high altitude before landing in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese and U.S. militaries said. The launch, which Tokyo said could be a new type of missile, is a direct challenge to the new South Korean president elected four days ago and comes as U.S., Japanese and European navies gather for joint war games in the Pacific.
It wasn’t immediately clear what type of ballistic missile was launched, although the U.S. Pacific Command said that “the flight is not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile.” Japanese officials, however, said the missile flew for about 30 minutes, traveling about 800 kilometers (500 miles) and reaching an altitude of 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) — a flight pattern that could indicate a new type of missile.
