Missile tests this year
Here’s a time line on North Korea’s missile tests in 2017: Feb. 12
The North conducts a successful launch of the new Pukguksong-2 intermediate range missile that travels 310 miles. March 6
Four medium-range missiles were launched from a test site near North Korea’s border with China. Some flew about 620 miles, landing about 185 miles off the coast of Japan. March 22
A mobile launched missile exploded seconds after launching. April 5
A KN-17 missile was launched but landed in the Sea of Japan after traveling only 34 miles. April 16
Another missile explodes shortly after its launch. April 28
A KN-17 missile traveled 21 miles, breaking up in midair. May 14
North Korea launches a missile that flies for 30 minutes and 435 miles, reaching an unusually high altitude of about 1,200 miles, before landing in the Sea of Japan.