North Korea Launches Missile, but Test Appears to Fail
On Sunday, North Korea claimed that it had conducted a successful ground jet test of a newly developed high-thrust missile engine, which Mr. Kim called "a great event of historic significance." Using the characteristic bombast of such announcements, he said
that "the whole world will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries." South Korea later acknowledged that North Korea was making "meaningful progress" in trying to build more powerful rockets and missiles.
By CHOE SANG-HUNMARCH 22, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a missile off its east coast on Wednesday,
but the test apparently failed, South Korean and American military officials said.
By firing the four missiles simultaneously, North Korea tried to flaunt an ability to launch multiple missiles at American bases in Japan
and at American aircraft carriers around the Korean Peninsula, they said.
Also on Wednesday, a nuclear-capable B-1B strategic bomber from the United States air base in Guam conducted a
mock bombing exercise over the Korean Peninsula with South Korean warplanes, the South Korean military said.
Then, on March 6, the North launched four ballistic missiles toward Japan, which fell within 220 miles of the country’s shoreline.
North Korea launched the missile from near an air base in Wonsan, a port city, the South Korean Defense Ministry said in a brief statement.