Of korean peninsula. want to go to will ripley who is watching this very closely. he s in taipei for us. will, good to see you this morning. the sheer number just this year, this is the 14th projectile north korea has fired this year. and there s a difference between this and what we have seen in the past six months. talk to us about that. reporter: you know that number, christi, 14 is noteworthy because it s more than all of 2020 and 2021 combined, but this launch is different because it is believed to have been fired from a submarine into the waters off the korean peninsula. now, this missile was fired purportedly around 2:07 local time, 1:07 a.m. eastern coming days after a presumed missile test. interestingly north korea didn t report that test on wednesday. we re not sure why. but we do know, as you said, this marks the country s 14th missile launch this year. and so submarine launched ballistic missiles are some ways
The ukrainian counteroffensive. now, we cannot independently confirm this, but i ll tell you this, in the last few weeks what we have seen is ukrainian forces reclaiming some of the towns around that area. all right. good to know. isa soares, we so appreciate the updates. thank you so much. south korean authorities are strongly condemning north korea for firing a suspected short-range ballistic missile likely launch from the a submarine into the waters off the east coast of the korean peninsula. so for more let s go to cnn s senior international correspondent will ripley who is in the taiwan capital taipei. this is the 14th projectile that north korea has fired this year. what is different about this one? reporter: what s different about this one is where it was launched from, are presumably a submarine, and also its altitude and the distance that it traveled. it reached a maximum altitude of u just under 40 miles, but it
Traveled almost 400 miles. why is that dangerous potentially? because a north korean submarine could approach the coast of south korea or japan. both countries have u.s. forces stationed there and fired this missile that would essentially fire under the radar, a surprise attack if you will. it would be all but impossible for existing missile defense systems to shoot down or certainly very challenging indeed. some of these short range ballistic missiles are nuclear capable as well. even if it was just a conventional missile, of course it would be devastating and the north koreans know that and that s why they re demonstrating this technology. here is what we know right now. it was likely launched from a submarine off the coastal city in north korea. it was launched into the waters off the korean peninsula heading in the direction of japan. it was fired around 1:07 a.m. eastern time, 2:07 local time in the afternoon, and it comes just days after another ballistic missile test that happen
South korean authorities are fiercely condemning north korea for firing a suspected short-range ballistic missile. it was likely launched from a north korean submarine into the waters off of the eastern coast of the korean peninsula. this launch is coming just days after another ballistic missile was tested by north korea on wednesday. this one is the country s 14th missile launch this year alone, a sign that the dictator of north korea, kim jong-un, is stepping up his ballistic missile and nuclear program. so we re learning this morning at least 25 people now are dead, dozens have been hospitalized after that explosion at a hotel in cuba. officials believe the blast was caused by a gas leak look at the hotel saratoga. crews have been sifting through massive amounts of rubble looking for any survivors and recovering any bodies that were found. patrick ottman with cnn reported