http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/world/asia/north-korean-missile-test.html 2016-10-16 05:08:08 North Korean Missile Tested Again but Fails, South Says The Hwasong-10 missile, which the North successfully tested in June, exploded shortly after liftoff on Saturday, the South Korean military said. === SEOUL, South Korea — The North’s Hwasong-10 missile, also known as the Musudan, took off at 12:33 p.m. on Saturday near an airfield in the northwestern city of Kusong, the South said in a statement. The test was the first involving the Hwasong-10 since North Korea The June launch was the first successful test after five failures. The projectile flew about 250 miles over the sea between North Korea and Japan, reaching an altitude of 878 miles. That test alarmed the United States and its allies in the region. Their defense officials said the missile was launched at a sharp angle to avoid falling too close to Japan while still demonstrating its potential to reach an estimated range of more than 2,000 miles. The Hwasong-10 is the North’s only tested missile with a range long enough to reach American military bases in Guam in the Pacific, and in South Korea and Japan. After the June test, the North Korean leader, The Hwasong-10 is a road-mobile missile, so it can be moved around the country and hidden in tunnels, making it more difficult to target in a pre-emptive strike. North Korea has vowed to build a ballistic missile capable of striking the continental United States with a nuclear warhead. The North has never conducted a test flight for such a long-range missile. It conducted its