North Korea Says It Has Successfully Tested A Submarine-Launched Missile

Asia Times: North Korea tests submarine-launched missile: Seoul

Test firing comes ahead of long-delayed denuclearization talks with the United States.

Just as long-delayed talks with the United States were set for the end of this week, North Korea test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM, on Wednesday morning.

The missile was fired from a position off the country’s East Coast near Wonsan at 7:11am on Wednesday and flew approximately 450 kilometers at an altitude of about 910km, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, as reported by Yonhap news agency.

South Korea’s presidential National Security Council convened an emergency meeting, Yonhap added.

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