North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan in longest-ever flight as residents 'duck and cover'

Chris Graham 

15 SEPTEMBER 2017 • 4:32AM

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North Korea has fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan before landing in the northern Pacific Ocean.It was the second aggressive test-flight over the territory of the close US ally in less than a month and it followed the sixth and most powerful nuclear test by North Korea to date on September 3.South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missi

le travelled about 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) while reaching a maximum hei

ght of 770 kilometers (478 mil

es).

The missile, launched from Sunan, the site of Pyongyang's international airport, flew farther than any other missile North Korea has fired. The distance it flew is a slightly greater distance than between the North K

orean capital and the American air base in Guam.Sirens sounded and alerts were issued in Japan as residents were warned to take shelter while th misshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/14/north-korea-files-another-ballistic-missile-japan-residents/ile passed over Hoakkaido.