No further comment on North Korean missile launch – US

The United States of America on Tuesday says it has no further comment on another North Korean missile launch.

While reacting to the incident Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State said, “North Korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment.”

NEWSVERGE reports that North Korea fired a projectile into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, in the early hours of the day.

Tillerson, said that the United States believes the projectile was likely a ballistic missile, adding that it is one of several the country has test-fired in recent months.

North Korea’s missile test comes just a day before Chinese President Xi Jinping visits US President Donald Trump for a summit in Florida.

The United States has been pressuring China to put pressure on North Korea to stop its nuclear program and missile testing, but Trump said on Sunday the United States would be prepared to act alone to stop North Korea.

The projectile used in Wednesday’s test was launched at 6:42 a.m. Seoul time, from a site in the vicinity of Sinpo, South Hamgyong province, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said. It flew a distance of around 60 kilometers (37 miles), South Korean officials said.

In the same vein, another US official said that the North Koreans use Sinpo shipyard for their submarine activity, and US satellites have observed increased activity there in recent days.

US Pacific Command said it detected and tracked a North Korean missile launch at 11:42 a.m. Hawaii time April 4, according to a statement. Pacific Command’s initial assessment is that the missile was a KN-15 medium range ballistic missile.

“The North American Aerospace Defense Command determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America,” said Cmdr. Dave Benham, spokesman for US Pacific Command.

The Japanese government estimated the projectile did not land within its exclusive economic zone, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters in a briefing Wednesday morning.

The United States has grown increasingly wary of the pace of North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs as the regime has test-fired several ballistic missiles in the first two months of this year.