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Australia now in reach of North Korea’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

Australia now within range of new North Korean missile, as calculations show it could fly far enough to hit Darwin

• The ‘landmark’ test of a Hwasong-14 missile was overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un
• It was fired from a site in the North Phyongan province into the Sea of Japan
• It is believed to have reached an altitude of 2802 km and flew 933 km
• The North has long sought to build nuclear missiles capable of reaching the US
• Weapons analysts say the missile has the capability to travel up to 6,700km
• Darwin is only 5,750km from Pyongyang, putting Australia into the firing line

By Hannah Moore For Daily Mail Australia and Kelly Mclaughlin For Mailonline, 4 July 2017 North Korea on Tuesday said it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), claiming the rocket had flown 933 kilometres for 39 minutes.

Experts say the missile could reach a maximum range of 6,700km on a standard trajectory, meaning it would be able to hit Darwin, which is 5,750km from Pyongyang.

David Wright, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, wrote on the organisation’s allthingsnuclear blog that the available figures implied the missile ‘could reach a maximum range of roughly 6,700 km on a standard trajectory’.

‘That range would not be enough to reach the lower 48 states or the large islands of Hawaii, but would allow it to reach all of Alaska.’ …………http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4664328/Australia-range-new-North-Korean-missile.html#ixzz4ltt8SE9M

July 5, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, North Korea, weapons and war