North Korea Carries Out Another Missile Launch After Saying U.S. 'Declared War'

[Purveyor]

Source: NBC News

by Phil Helsel

North Korea launched another missile into the sea Wednesday, the latest weapons test amid ratcheted-up tension between the isolated country and the United States.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was launched about 7:50 a.m. (6:50 p.m. ET Tuesday), South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. The missile landed in the sea off North Korea's east coast.

The missile landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Japanese defense officials told broadcaster NHK. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said the missile was believed to be a Rodong, a medium-range missile. He said the missile is believed to have landed 155 miles west of Japan's coast.

"It poses a serious threat to Japan's security and it is an unforgivable act of violence toward Japan's security," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters. "This is a clear violation of a U.N. resolution and we lodged a firm protest against North Korea."

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[MFM008]

1. Kim Jong Un: here is a good example of tRumps

mental soul mate.

[byronius]

2. Kim Jong Un doesn't realize it's not a game.

He's not the facile strategist his father was. I think he believes his own bullshit, and I believe the moment is approaching when this fact will end his state.

Finally.

[olddad56]

3. WWDTD

[Hekate]

4. This is an example of the questions I've been asking all along about Prez candidates. What...

....precisely do you think the POTUS should do about the aggression coming from Asia?

[IronLionZion]

8. Trump would probably open up factories there

and complain about them stealing our jobs.

And then he would demonize Korean-Americans and try to deport them.

[uhnope]

5. now we need regressives to tell us how it's all America's fault. The Nation magazine, step up.

The Nation, RT, Consortium Whatever, Robert Parry, Hartmann, Counterpunch, Democracy Now with an interview with someone who says North Korea is just misunderstood, where are you? I guess the check is not in the mail

[dubyadiprecession]

6. North Korea is only firing these missiles because...

They want money from the U.S. to be peaceful. It's really all about a payday for them, as they are so economically poor.

[anoNY42]

7. I don't understand why North Korea keeps claiming that the US has "declared war"

since the Korean War never actually officially ended, we technically don't have to declare war again. We have technically been at war with them since the 50's.

[Nitram]

9. If the U.S. had declared war, they would know it.

They'd be digging themselves out of the smoking ruins.

[GOLGO 13]

10. If that's NK best answer to a US "declared war" that's quite impotent.

[PatSeg]

11. North Korea

is the "Trump" of nations. Has to do and say outrageous things whenever it isn't getting enough attention.

[Festivito]

12. Did they decide on the verbiage after they saw where it was going..

They hit close enough. I would hope China to take them to the woodshed.

We should too.

US declares war so they aim at Japan, eh.

[lonestarnot]

13. Twin T Rump.