2023-07-12 05:19:51
North Korea today launched an unidentified ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan (known as the East Sea in both Koreas), as reported by the South Korean Army today. The Japanese Ministry of Defense also reported today the new North Korean launch of an apparent ballistic missile, the first of its kind since June 15, and noted that it is collecting details of it to assess whether it presents any risk to its territory.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) notified the launch at 10:07 local time on Wednesday (1:07 GMT), a few minutes after the Japanese Defense Ministry. From the collected projectile flight data, It is expected that it will fall into the waters of the Sea of Japan. after 11:00 local time (2:00 GMT) and outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), about 550 kilometers east of the Korean peninsula, according to Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada. When asked by the local media about the possibility that it is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Hamada pointed out that although there is “nothing confirmed”, the duration and trajectory of the missile make it “do not rule out” that option.
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The new North Korean test comes after a rise in tensions on the peninsula in recent days, following reconnaissance flights carried out by US spy planes inside North Korea’s Exclusive Economic Zone, which triggered strong protests from Pyongyang. .
The North Korean Ministry of Defense and Kim Yo-jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong-un, published several threatening statements about alleged intrusions that took place in recent days and that “violate the sovereignty” of the isolated country, something that later wanted to deny Seoul. In addition, the launch coincides with the scheduled participation this Wednesday of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in the NATO summit being held in Vilnius, and after the president agreed on a new cooperation framework with the alliance the day before. Atlantic in eleven specific areas such as cybersecurity or hybrid technologies.
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