There are reports out tonight that North Korea test fired another ballistic missile, but like the hermit kingdom’s last test, this one failed, too:
BREAKING: South Korea military confirms launch of one ballistic missile by North Korea appears to have failed
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 28, 2017
Apparently the missile broke up in flight:
North Korean KN-17 intermediate range missile was in the air for 15 minutes, traveled about 25 miles (40 km)
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) April 28, 2017
UPDATE: North Korea missile 'broke up' in flight and is a failure, US official says
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) April 28, 2017
This is the 6th test since President Trump took office:
Failed #NorthKorea missile test this morning makes it 6th since @POTUS took office, 57th under #KimJongUn, & 66th since 2009 @VictorDCha
— CSIS Korea Chair (@CSISKoreaChair) April 28, 2017
Trump, who just landed back at the White House after a speech to the NRA in Atlanta, didn’t respond to shouted questions from the press:
After disembarking Marine One @POTUS declines to respond to shouted questions about #DPRK missile launch. pic.twitter.com/c6xtlDp78J
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 28, 2017