TOKYO -- The short-range ballistic missiles tested by North Korea on Wednesday took irregular paths rather than typical ballistic trajectories, a development that stands to complicate Japanese efforts to track and even intercept such weapons.
The Japan Coast Guard said at 12:39 p.m. -- minutes after the launches -- that the two missiles fell outside the nation's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said around 1:30 that the missiles were "presumed" outside the EEZ.
