North Korea Threatens US, Fires Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

North Korea has fired a suspected Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), according to Japanese and south Korean official report.

However, North Korea’s missile on Wednesday flew eastwards from Pyongyang for more than an hour before landing in the sea west of Japan around 2:15 GMT), the Japanese coast guard reported.

The high-angled flight covered a 1,000 kilometres  distance said South Korea’s military.

The long-range missile flew for more than an hour before landing short of Japanese waters on Wednesday morning.

The launch comes after it threatened retaliation against what it said were recent us spy plane incursions over its territory.

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Earlier this week it threatened to shoot down such planes.

North Korea so far has continued with its missile launches – testing a new icbm in April which it described as its “most powerful” missile to date.

It also tried to launch a spy satellite in may which failed.