TIMELINE OF 2017 MISSILE TESTS
North Korea has carried out 14 missile launches so far in 2017, with at least one test each month.
February 12: North Korea tests a new model, the intermediate-range Pukguksong-2 ballistic missile, drawing rebukes from United States president Donald Trump and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe March 6: Pyongyang fires four ballistic missiles from a region near North Korea’s border with China. Three fall into Japan’s exclusive economic zone
March 22: A North Korean missile explodes “within seconds of launch”, according to the US Pacific Command
April 5: A ballistic missile fired by North Korea explodes shortly after launch
April 16: North Korea tests an unidentified ballistic missile that explodes almost immediately after launch, defying warnings from the Trump government to avoid further provocation
April 29: North Korea test-fires a ballistic missile shortly after US secretary of state Rex Tillerson warned that failure by Pyongyang to curb its nuclear and ballistic programmes could lead to “catastrophic consequences”
May 14: Pyongyang tests a missile displayed at its April parade. The test is successful and experts say it is an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a range of 4,800 kilometres
May 21: Pyongyang successfully launches another mid-range missile, according to state-run media
May 29: The regime fires at least one short-range ballistic missile that land in the sea off its east coast
June 8: North Korea fires several suspected landto-ship missiles off its east coast a day after the South postponed full installation of a controversial US anti-missile system designed to deter a North Korean attack
July 3: Pyongyang tests its Hwasong-14, with initial analysis showing the range would have been about 6,700km at a standard trajectory, making it an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
July 28: Japan, South Korea, and the US claim that Pyongyang tested an ICBM with initial analysis showing it was in a range of about 10,400km, putting Los Angeles, Denver and Chicago within reach. Russia claims the missile was a medium-range ballistic missile
August 25: North Korea tests three short-range ballistic missiles to the northeast. Two of them fly about 250km, while the third blows up immediately
August 29: Defiant over US-South Korea war games nearby, North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan drawing global condemnation