Timeline of North Korea's missile tests in 2017

Missile tests carried out by Pyongyang in 2017:

February 12: North Korea tests a new ballistic missile, the intermediate-range Pukguksong-2 ballistic missile, drawing a joint rebuke from US 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 fell 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 administration to avoid further provocations

April 29: North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile shortly after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that failure to curb Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes could lead to "catastrophic consequences"

May 14: The reclusive regime tests a ballistic missile displayed at its April parade. The test is successful and experts say it is an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of a range of 4,800km

May 21: Pyongyang successfully launched another mid-range missile, according to state-run media

May 29: The regime fired at least one short-range ballistic missile that landed in the sea off its east coast

June 8: North Korea fires several suspected land-to-ship missiles off its east coast a day after the South postponed full deployment of a controversial US anti-missile system designed to deter a North Korean attack

July 3: Pyongyang tests its Hwasong-14 ballistic missile, 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

* Reuters, Bloomberg and Arms Control Association

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