North Korea has reportedly tested a ballistic missile. According to the report of South Korea, she landed in the open sea.

North Korea fired another ballistic missile into the open sea on Sunday, according to the South Korean military. South Korean news agency Yonhap gave this information quoting the army. The rocket, not described in detail, took off in the direction of the Sea of ​​Japan (Korean: East Sea).

Further details were not initially announced. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan on Friday docked in the South Korean coastal city of Busan off the Korean peninsula to participate in a planned naval exercise between the two countries. The maneuver should also serve as a deterrent against North Korea.

United Nations resolutions prohibit North Korea from testing any range of ballistic missiles, which, depending on the design, could also carry nuclear warheads. Most recently, in June, North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles from at least four different locations eastward into the open sea. North Korea is also reportedly preparing to launch a submarine ballistic missile.

Tensions in the region have escalated following a series of nuclear-capable missile tests by North Korea this year. Recently, the largely isolated country’s parliament passed a law on its nuclear policy. Among other things, it provides for the use of nuclear weapons not only in the event of an attack by enemy forces, but also in the event of an imminent attack on the leadership. Talks between the US and North Korea have stalled since an unsuccessful summit between the two countries in Vietnam in February 2019.