SOUTH KOREA SAYS: NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH FROM A SUBMARINE

SOUTH KOREA SAYS: NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH FROM A SUBMARINE

North Korea has fired what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday. 

The missile was fired at 6:30 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. ET), South Korean officials said, and appears to have flown for about 30 km (about 19 miles) -- well short of the 300 km (roughly 186 miles) that would be considered a successful test.

The official said the United States "was provocative but not a threat to the United States and the missile was fired from South Korea and Japan." Saturday launch, but US officials said Pyongyang after previous efforts, which does not seem to be able to start, and it seems to have been a lot better.
"The ability to launch and vice North Korea has gone from a joke of something very dangerous," the official said. "The United States is watching it very closely."

Launch of a rocket from a submarine force is always a priority for North Korea, according to CNN's Barbara Starr, and if the test is successful, it will be a military victory for Pyongyang.
US State Department, but in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, such a projection.
"We have reports that a submarine in the Sea of Japan from North Korea apparently fired a ballistic missile seen," John Kirby, US State Department spokesman said in a statement. "Ballistic missile launches using technology is a clear violation of several UN Security Council resolutions."
"We call on North Korea that further actions to destabilize the region and towards the fulfillment of its obligations and international commitments to take concrete steps to avoid, rather than to focus on.
"The United States remains steadfast in its commitment to protect its allies were. We Korea, Japan and other allies and partners will continue to coordinate closely with the Republic," Kirby said.

THE LAST LAUNCH FAILURE:

Saturday's launch comes about a week after another attempt, which was apparently unsuccessful.
A U.S. defense official said April 14 that U.S. Strategic Command systems detected and tracked an attempted North Korean missile launch, but there was "no evidence the missile reached flight," a U.S. official told Starr.

Stress, this year has entered the divided Korean peninsula, where Pyongyang about its military capabilities in the development of a series of claims.
No South Korean military did not specify whether the missile test was part of the April 14, but the South Korean media reports said this included Musudan intermediate-range missiles.
Pyongyang's nuclear test, conducted in January fourth. He succeeded in miniaturization of nuclear warheads on medium-range ballistic missiles to fit - which US intelligence analysts say could be true.

SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS ON HIGH ALERT:

Ballistic missiles and rockets fired in an arc toward your goal.

Paula Hancocks said that he has yet to North Korea's test of success and what is not known. But she said the ability to launch ballistic missiles from submarines possible starting point is to make it harder to detect.

Hancocks said the South Korean military remained on high alert after the test.