North Korea Fires Apparent ICBM In First Missile Test In 2 1/2 Months

NPR: The Pentagon says initial assessments show a missile launched by North Korea was an intercontinental ballistic missile; that would make it the third ICBM tested by North Korea.

It's also North Korea's first missile launch since mid-September, when Pyongyang sent a missile over Japan.

The latest missile splashed down in the Sea of Japan within Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Pentagon says. That means that unlike the previous missile, this one did not pass over Japan. The Pentagon also says the missile posed no threat to U.S. territories.

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