North Korean rocket launch footage during a news broadcast in Seoul. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 5South Korea and the US military have tested four surface-to-surface missiles in response to an earlier launch by the DPRK, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the South Korean military. that the military of the two countries fired four missiles towards the Sea of Japan in response to the «provocation of the DPRK.» North Korea on Tuesday morning launched a ballistic missile that flew over the territory of Japan and fell in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese experts believe that the missile has overcome the maximum distance in the history of such launches by the DPRK. Last week, the DPRK also conducted several missile launches. All the missiles were believed to be ballistic missiles, with a flight altitude of about 50 kilometers and a range of 300 to 400 kilometers. Some of them flew along a non-standard trajectory.
