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North Korea 'missile crashes' moments after launch─── 05:23 Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Pyongyang - North Korea fired what appeared to have been an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday but it crashed seconds after the test launch, South Korea's defence ministry said.
North Korean officials did not immediately comment.
A defence ministry official told Reuters news agency that it appeared to be a Musudan missile with a range of more than 3,000km - the same type of rocket believed to have failed in a test launch earlier this month.
The powerful mid-range missile could one day be capable of reaching far-off US military bases in Asia and the Pacific. It exploded in the air a few seconds after it launched, the Southern official said.
The launch came as the Koreas traded threats as Pyongyang expressed anger over annual South Korean-US military drills that the North calls a rehearsal for an invasion.
The reported crash comes ahead of a major ruling party meeting next week in Pyongyang.
- News24.com
