AFP said on Wednesday that the ballistic missile launched by North Korea early in the day was a medium-range Scud-Extended Range(ER) missile.
 
AFP quoted an unnamed Pentagon official, who said the Scud-ER missile flew about 60 kilometers before suffering an in-flight failure and crashing into the sea.
 
The military authorities of South Korea and the U.S. had said earlier that it appeared to be a KN-15 intermediate-range missile, or Pukguksong-2 as the North calls it.
 
The Pentagon official added the missile was launched from a fixed site near Sinpo, another observation that backs up the conclusion it was a Scud missile, not a KN-15. Unlike Scud missiles which are fueled by liquid, KN-15 missiles use solid fuels, and thus are more mobile and quicker to launch.

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