North Korean leader Kim Jong Un¡¯s declaration that his country is no longer bound by its self-imposed nuclear and missile moratorium drastically raises the chances of longer-range weapons overflying Japan once again, experts say.
¡°Missile tests through Japanese airspace are only a matter of time now,¡± said Van Jackson, a lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington and former Pentagon official.
The North last lobbed intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) over Japan on two occasions in 2017, prompting the government to send out alarms on cellphones and interrupt television programs to urge residents to take cover.
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