North Korea Musudan Missile Launch Failed

The North is banned by the UN from using any ballistic missile technology.

North Korea has attempted to fire a ballistic missile off its east coast but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean military officials said.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the attempted launch happened at 05:20 local time (20:50 GMT Monday) off the North’s east coast, near the city of Wonson.

A Musudan missile, in theory, has the range to reach Japan and the US territory of Guam, however the North has never successfully tested one.

A report in the Yonhap news agency quoted sources saying this fourth failed test may also have been of a Musudan missile.

It is unclear what type of missile it was, but it follows three failed tests of the medium-range “Musudan” missile in April.