The ballistic missile launched from the territory of the DPRK on Tuesday, July 4, flew about 900 km and sank in the economic zone of Japan. The Land of the Rising Sun has already expressed extreme condemnation of what is happening and warned that it will deal with this issue at the meeting of the "twenty".

The ballistic missile was launched at 9:39 local time (3:39 Moscow time) from the outskirts of Pusanan-Pukto province on the west coast of the DPRK. She spent 40 minutes in the air and during this time managed to climb to a height of 2500 m and covered a distance of more than 930 km, and then sank in the Sea of ??Japan. According to the Secretary of State of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Land of the Rising Sun, Yoshihide Sugi, the rocket fell in the exclusive economic zone of Japan, but did not cause damage to either air or sea vessels.

Despite this, Tokyo considers the incident a threat to its security. In the residence of the Prime Minister of the country, Shinzo Abe immediately convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council, attended by Foreign Minister Fumio Kisida and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada. They spoke harshly:.

"Our country considers such repetitive provocative actions by the DPRK to be unacceptable, declares to North Korea a strong protest and expresses a harsh condemnation," the NHK quotes Yoshihide Sugi.

The Japanese authorities have warned that they will raise this issue at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, where the leaders of the leading countries will meet on July 7-8. Separately discuss the issue of regular missile launches DPRK Shinzo Abe intends during a tripartite meeting with US President Donald Trump and the head of South Korea, Moon Zhe Inom. Only on the eve of Abe and Trump held a telephone conversation and agreed to increase pressure on the DPRK.

In addition, Abe promised to address Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin with a request to take a more constructive stance on the behavior of Pyongyang, as these launches are a blatant violation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council.

Earlier, Washington announced its readiness to strike at North Korean military facilities if Pyongyang decided on another nuclear test. Pyongyang's reaction was immediate: they warned about the possibility of striking first in case of danger. It is clear that the launch of the missile on July 4, the US Independence Day - is nothing more than a warning.

The official message of Pyongyang in connection with the last missile launch, according to "Renhap," should be held in the near future.