Was North Korea's missile launch a success or a failure?

Global Online News: Two US State Department officials said that North Korea launched a long-range missile that could reach the United States on July 5, but the missile failed 35 or 40 seconds after launch and failed. Falling into the Sea of ??Japan.

The Associated Press reported that North Korea launched at least three missiles that day, and the other two were short-range missiles.

The Japanese government said that all three missiles fell into the Sea of ??Japan. However, the Japanese government could not confirm whether the three missiles included long-range missiles.

U.S. officials in Washington said that the long-range missile launched by North Korea was the "Taepodong" 2 long-range missile. Speculation has been building for weeks that North Korea would test-fire its advanced Taepodong 2 long-range missile from the country's northeastern coast. North Korea received severe warnings from Japan and the United States even before it launched its missiles.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said: "We are conducting urgent consultations with members of the Security Council."

The Sea of ??Japan is located between Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said: "North Korea test-launched missiles despite the protests of the international community. This is regrettable for Japan's security, the stability of the international community, and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction."

Shinzo Abe also revealed that North Korea launched its first missile at 3:30 a.m. local time on July 5, and the other two launches were at 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. respectively. If this time is correct, the North Korean missile should have been launched shortly after the US space shuttle Discovery took off.