AKIPRESS.COM - North Korea on Saturday launched a ballistic missile that blew up over land, a spokesman for the US Pacific Command said.
The missile didn't leave North Korean territory, US Navy Cmdr. Dave Benham said.
A US military assessment found the main part of the missile landed approximately 35 kilometers from Pukchang airfield, a US official told CNN.
The test came as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned the United Nations that failure to curb North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs could lead to "catastrophic consequences".
US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the missile was probably a medium-range weapon known as a KN-17 and appeared to have broken up within minutes of taking off.
South Korea's military said the missile, fired from the Pukchang region in a north-easterly direction, reached an altitude of 71 kilometres before disintegrating a few minutes into flight.