7th North Korean missile was mid-range: Seoul

By Staff

Published: Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 16:51 [IST]

Seoul, July 5: A South Korean Defence Ministry official said the seventh missile North Korea fired today was likely to have been an intermediate-range rocket.

A spokesman for the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was fired at 5:22 p.m. local time (1352 hrs IST) and landed in waters to the east of the Korean peninsula.

Reuters

Published On July 5, 2006