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North Korea fires ballistic missile toward Japan

By Melissa Quinn
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North Korea fires ballistic missile toward Japan

North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Tuesday, breaking more than two months of silence from the rogue regime.

The Pentagon said an initial assessment shows it was likely an intercontinental ballistic missile that flew for 1,000 kilometers and landed in the Sea of Japan, inside that country’s exclusive economic zone.

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