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North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the East Sea on the 9th, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Military authorities are analyzing specifics such as range, altitude and speed.
After the conclusion of the joint sea maneuver exercise in which US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan participated, it was launched as a provocation, especially one day before the founding day (10th) of the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Labor Party .
While it’s not a major retirement anniversary (a year that breaks every 5-10 years) that’s important in North Korea, the possibility has been raised that North Korea might raise the bar for provocations.
North Korea launched its seventh ballistic missile in a fortnight from last month’s 25th.
Short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) were launched once from the Taecheon area to Pyeongbuk on the 25th of last month, two from the Sunan area to Pyongyang on the 28th, two launches from the Suncheon area to Pyeongnam on the 29th, two launches from the Pyongyang Sunan area on the 1st of this month, and the Pyongyang Sunan area on the 6th. Two missiles were launched each into the East Sea.
The 4, an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), presumably a Hwasong-12, was launched with maximum range, recording a flight range of 4,500 km.
A series of recent provocations included a protest against the arrival of US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan (CVN-76, 103,000 tons) in Busan on 23 last month, the South Korea-US joint maritime exercise on 26 and on the 29th, and the South Korea-US-Japan anti-submarine warfare exercise on the 30th. is analyzed as
After North Korea’s IRBM provocation, on the 5th the United States sent an aircraft carrier to the East Sea and on the 6th South Korea-US-Japan missile defense training was held.
In a statement on behalf of a National Aviation Administration spokesman on the 8th, North Korea said: “Our missile test launch is a normal and planned self-defense measure to protect the country’s security and regional peace from threats. US-directed military that has continued for more than half a century. “
A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense has slandered the Reagan’s return to the East Sea as “a military bluff to send a so-called warning against the South Korean military’s legitimate response to the extremely provocative and threatening joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea”.
North Korea has launched ballistic missiles 23 times and cruise missiles twice this year.
It is the 11th missile launch since the Yun Seok-yeol government settlement.
/ yunhap news
