the words ofjapan‘s prime minister shinzo abe after north korea test fired another ballistic missile its first since donald trump became us president. the south korean military said it flew for about 500km eastwards into the sea of japan. the pentagon confirmed reports of the missile test, saying it was a medium or intermediate range ballistic missile adding that it unlikely to have been a missile capable of reaching us soil. bill hayton reports. this significance of this test will depend upon what kind of missile was used. the successful launch of this would be a step forward for north korea s homegrown missile programme coming after seven failures last year. however, if it s the tried and tested technology of the scud types, it will not symbolise any significant development. the beast is important is the timing of the test. one of the aspects of the timing. kimjong un has not been testing because of the crisis going on in south korea over the south korean president bei