
MOSCOW, October 5 – Novosti. The American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will return to the Sea of Japan amid North Korean missile launches, the Yonhap news agency reports , citing the South Korean military.
The agency notes that earlier the aircraft carrier left the waters of the Sea of Japan after the exercises held last week with the participation of the United States, South Korea and Japan.
North Korea on Tuesday morning launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japanese territory and fell into the Pacific Ocean . Japanese experts believe that the missile has covered the maximum distance in the history of such launches by the DPRK.
North Korea also carried out several missile launches last week. 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.