All national dailies spotlighted the disclosure by Defense Minister Iwaya on Tuesday that the ministry has concluded that North Korea tested a “new type” of short-range ballistic missile when it fired two projectiles into the Sea of Japan on Aug. 24. He suggested that the trajectory of the two missiles was different from the trajectories of past DPRK projectiles, adding that by conducting missile tests repeatedly, the Kim regime was trying to perfect its missile technology.
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Japan says DPRK tested “new missile”
- August 28, 2019
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