World War III Warning Thread weeks of 11/27/17 - 12/10/17

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Will Ripley‏Verified account@willripleyCNN 1h1 hour agoNorth Korea's nuclear program is moving “faster than expected,” South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said in Seoul today. As CNN has reported, US intel thinks Pyongyang could have a reliable nuclear ICBM by early 2018 — in months (or less). Next test could be big...

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(URGENT) N. Korea fires ballistic missile: S. Korea JCS
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news...000500315.html

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Steve Herman-Verified account @W7VOA 1m1 minute ago
The #DPRK missile flew on an eastward trajectory, according to the #ROK military which says it's analyzing the launch in cooperation with the US military.

Mikhail D.‏@Eire_QC 4h4 hours agoAn American Fighter Jet Squadron has relocated from Atsugi to Iwakuni today which puts them way closer in range to South Korea

BNO News‏Verified account@BNONews 5m5 minutes ago
Replying to @BNONews
Japan confirms North Korea has launched a missile which may fall into waters of Japan's exclusive economic zone; no warning issued http://bit.ly/2BtzUgG

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Yonhap News Agency‏@YonhapNews 2m2 minutes ago(URGENT) S. Korea's military stages 'precision strike' missile exercise in response to N. Korea's missile launch: JCS.

DEFCONWarningSystem-Verified account @DEFCONWSALERTS
Receiving conflicting reports about whether the missile has landed or is still in the air.

Strategic Sentinel‏Verified account@StratSentinel 4m4 minutes ago
#BREAKING #Japan cabinet crisis team summoned to a conference call after #DPRK missile launch.

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Strat 2 Intel

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Yonhap reporting it was an SLBM.
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Steve Herman‏Verified account@W7VOA 2m2 minutes agoU.S. officials confirm launch by #DPRK of some type of ballistic missile but are not yet releasing details as the military evaluates information. This does now appear NOT be a short-range missile launch.

Strategic Sentinel‏Verified account@StratSentinel 3m3 minutes ago
Pentagon says #DPRK missile came from mobile launcher. No more details.

InsideNK‏@inside_nk 14m14 minutes ago
Replying to @inside_nk @StratSentinel
Reports: Launch was from a North Korean submarine (Submarine-launched ballistic missile)

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Strat 2 Intel‏@Strat2Intel 20m20 minutes agoApparently a bad translation- The #NorthKorea missile is now said to have originated from Pyongsong, north of Pyongyang according to @YonhapNews .

Strategic Sentinel‏Verified account@StratSentinel 9m9 minutes ago
Strategic Sentinel Retweeted Motoko Rich
Will be very very interesting to see if this report holds up. 50 minute flight time is insane and hard to believe for #DPRK.

Strategic Sentinel‏Verified account@StratSentinel 4m4 minutes ago
President Trump is to make a statement in ~20 minutes on #DPRK missile test.

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BNO News‏Verified account@BNONews 8m8 minutes ago Replying to @BNONews
North Korean missile reached an altitude of 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles) and traveled a distance of 960 km (600 miles), South Korean military says - Yonhap http://bit.ly/2BtzUgG

Strategic Sentinel‏Verified account@StratSentinel 7m7 minutes ago
Strategic Sentinel Retweeted Yonhap News Agency
#DPRK missile flies about 4,500km in altitude and about 1,000km in distance, comes down in #Japan EEZ

Steve Herman‏Verified account@W7VOA 3m3 minutes ago
Replying to @W7VOA
#ROK military staged a 20-minute combined drill close to the NLL in the East Sea (aka Sea of Japan) from 03:23 KST, according to JCS.

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Steve Herman‏Verified account@W7VOA 4m4 minutes ago"It is a situation that we will handle," @POTUS tells reporters in response to #DPRK ballistic missile launch.

Gregor Peter‏@L0gg0l 5m5 minutes ago
U.S MISSILE EXPERT SAYS TRAJECTORY OF NORTH KOREAN MISSILE DEMONSTRATES 13,000 KM RANGE (all U.S mainland) (via @ArmsControlWonk )

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Steve Herman‏Verified account@W7VOA 38m38 minutes agoThere will be a hastily arranged telephone call shortly between @POTUS and @AbeShinzo, @VOANews has learned.

Steve Herman‏Verified account@W7VOA 10m10 minutes ago
The @POTUS-@AbeShinzo phone call began at 16:35 EST (06:35 Wednesday in #Japan).

Steve Herman‏Verified account@W7VOA 19m19 minutes ago
Emergency #UN Security Council meeting on #DPRK set for tomorrow, according to @USUN.