After a giant military parade, North Korea fails in a missile test

Pyongyang today missed a rocket test, US military forces announced the day after the demonstration of the North Korean regime's status with a giant military parade.

This failed rocket launch is a stumbling block for North Korea, as tensions on the peninsula have been reinforced by the warring statements of Pyongyang and Washington.

US President Donald Trump, who sent an aeronautical force to the region, had expressed his willingness on Thursday to "tackle" the "problem" of the banned North Korean ballistic missile and nuclear program. North Korea responded yesterday, stating ready to respond with nuclear attack in any atomic attack.

The US confirmed today that the North Korean regime went on a rocket test in the morning, as Seoul announced a little earlier: "The rocket exploded almost immediately," said Ben Bean, a Pentagon spokesman.

Neither Seoul nor Washington was directly in a position to identify the nature of the missile, but the timing of this launch seemed to have been carefully selected.

It was held the following day of the giant military parade organized by the Pyongyang regime for the 105th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the People's Republic of Korea (RPDC) Kim Il Sung.

During the parade, about sixty missiles were shown, and especially what appeared to be a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile.

This launch took place just hours before the arrival of US Vice President Mike Pens in South Korea for talks focusing on the North Korean threat.

The launch of a Pyongyang missile was not surprising and it is not a reason "to spend resources," says US foreign policy adviser

The latest missile launch from North Korea was not surprising and there is no need to spend resources against it, a White House adviser said today on policy issues.

"There is no need to spend any resources against it. We were not surprised, we predicted, "said the consultant, who travels along with US Vice President Mike Pens, adding that initial information said it was a mid-range missile and that it exploded four to five seconds after its launch.

Mike Pens arrived today in South Korea starting his trip to Asia a few hours after North Korea launched the missile from its east coast.