North Korea continues to test missiles in Japan’s vicinity.

This morning, North Korea launched another test intercontinental ballistic missile over and into the waters near Japan. This follows another ICBM test North Korea conducted in that vicinity just several days ago, signaling escalating rhetoric from the isolationist country.

“North Korea is continuing to carry out provocative actions at frequency never seen before,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. “I want to restate that we cannot accept such actions.”

According to calculations by South Korean defense researchers, the test missile reached an altitude of 3,790 miles at Mach 22. According to Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, a missile with that kind of flight potential could, in theory, strike the mainland United States.

“The ICBM-class ballistic missile launched this time could have a range of over 15,000 km when calculated based on the flight distance of this ICBM,” Hamada said in a statement. “It depends on the weight of the warhead, but in that case, the US mainland would be included in the range.”

In response to this test, a coalition of leaders from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, led by US Vice President Kamala Harris, issued a joint rebuke at the APEC meeting.

“I have asked this group of allies and partners to come together to join us in condemning North Korea’s long range ballistic missile launch,” Harris said. “I’ve also asked them to join in so that we as allies and partners can consult on next steps. This conduct by North Korea most recently is a brazen violation of the multiple UN Security resolutions. It destabilizes security in the region and unnecessarily raises tensions.”

“The government will not tolerate North Korea’s provocations,” added the office of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. “The government has overwhelming response capability and willingness to immediately react to any North Korean provocations, so North Korea should not misjudge this.”