N.Korea may have conducted SLBM test launch: South

Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday test-launched two ballistic missiles, one of which may have been fired from a submarine before falling into waters belonging to Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to sources in Seoul and Tokyo.
The missiles were fired off from a location to the northeast of the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, according to a statement by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Efe news reported.
The JCS said that one of the missiles was possibly launched from a submarine, which, if confirmed, would make it the first test of this kind Pyongyang carried out since the summer of 2016.
According to the JCS, the submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) likely belonged to the Pukguksong (Polar Star) medium-range series, said to have nuclear capability.
The missile reached an estimated peak altitude of 910 kilometres (565 miles) and travelled a distance of approximately 450 kilometers before falling into the Sea of Japan, the JCS said.
North Korea’s previous SLBM launch on August 24, 2016, involved a Pukguksong-1 missile that was fired from the same region where Wednesday’s test took place.