Pyongyang’s new short-range missile have irregular trajectory, which could outsmart interceptor missiles, minister warns
North Korea appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a missile shield defending Japan, the country’s defence minister has said.
Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Tuesday Japan believed the rockets were a new short-range ballistic missile, pointing to their irregular trajectories, which theoretically could outsmart existing defence systems.
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