Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday convened an emergency meeting of Indo-Pacific leaders after North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. The missile is capable of reaching U.S. mainland, according to Japan.
"Based on calculations taking the trajectory into account, the ballistic missile this time around could have had a range capability of 15,000km, depending on the weight of its warhead, and if that's the case, it means the US mainland was within its range," Japan's defense minister Yasukazu Hamada said.
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