North Korea fires new type of ICBM in large-scale test

North Korea fired a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, Japan's Defense Ministry said, making it the biggest-scale launch in terms of flight time and altitude at a time when international attention is focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The ICBM fell within Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan about 150 kilometers west of the Oshima Peninsula on the country's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. A government official said it landed possibly closest-ever to the Japanese archipelago for a North Korean missile.The government also indicated that the m…READ FULL ARTICLE