North Korean Missile Launch Fails

People watch a TV screen showing a file footage of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 18, 2016. North Korea defied U.N. resolutions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday, Seoul and Washington officials said, days after its leader Kim Jong Un ordered weapons tests linked to its pursuit of a long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. The letters on the screen read " North Korea fired a missile against the ongoing joint military exercises,dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, between South Korea and the United States.: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

A missile launch by North Korea is reported to have failed. 

The isolationist state is presumed to have been testing a “Musudan” ballistic missile early on April 15. Also known as a BM-25, the Musudan is an intermediate-range missile, the Musudan has a maximum range of 2,500 miles.

The nation's inaugural test of the Musudan coincides with an important North Korean holiday.