Russia reacted to the missile launch of the DPRK

The rocket North Korea is not a danger to Russia, said the Ministry of defence

Russian media system of missile attack warning has detected launches of ballistic missiles from the DPRK about 23.30 GMT on Friday, there is no danger for Russia, this start did not represent, according to the defense Ministry.

According to authorities, the flight path passed in the direction from the Russian border and at a considerable distance — the rocket fell 500 kilometres from the territory of the country, the entire flight lasted 23 minutes.
Right now the Russian system of missile warning and on-duty air defense forces are on combat duty as planned.

At 5:28 on Sunday (23:28 Saturday GMT) North Korea fired the rocket from its West coast of County cuson province’s Do. The rocket flew about 800 kilometers and fell into the Japan sea, 400 kilometers East of the Korean Peninsula.

In a statement, the US administration said that the missile fell “closer to Russia than to Japan.” According to the Pentagon, we are not talking about the launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile.

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