North Korea fires longest-range missile yet, 1st to fly over Japan in 5 yrs

North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over the Japanese archipelago for the first time in five years, with the projectile reaching the longest distance ever for a missile launched by Pyongyang.Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters that North Korea's missile flew 4,600 kilometers -- putting it within reach of the U.S. territory of Guam, where key military bases are located -- at an altitude of 1,000 km.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held phone talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and agreed to step up the deterrence and response capabilities of the Japan-U.…READ FULL ARTICLE