First recorded in 1955–60
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In October 2022, North Korea fired an intermediate range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
North Korea has fired a suspected intermediate range ballistic missile over part of northern Japan.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022
It is large enough to conceal the first stage of North Korea’s Musudan intermediate range ballistic missile, its Unha space-launch vehicle, or a new rocket engine.
From Reuters ● Jan. 28, 2016
But what primarily concerned the U.S. was the need for intermediate range ballistic missile bases in Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Dong Feng-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile could reach northern Australia if deployed from one of Beijing's artificially built islands in the South China Sea, it said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
The launches followed a separate round of North Korean cruise missile tests last week and a Jan. 14 test-firing of the country’s first solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
But it comes as the North has ramped up military action in recent weeks, including claiming to have deployed a new solid-fuelled intermediate-range ballistic missile on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024
“Think about it, an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan that could reach and go beyond Guam.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
It has also flown an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
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