2023-11-21 20:55:48
SEOUL: North Korea launched a rocket carrying its first spy satellite on Tuesday, The New York Times reported. South Korea said it was an attempt by North Korea to put its first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit, this time with technical help from Russia.
The South Korean military said in a brief statement that the rocket flew south over the sea between the Korean Peninsula and China. The United States, South Korea and Japan have put their militaries on alert to avoid such launches, as they worry that debris from the North’s rocket could fall on the territories of Asian allies. They also want to collect intelligence on the rocket to determine what impact its satellite program may have on regional stability.
North Korea launched its new Cholima-1 rocket from its satellite launching station at Tongchang-ri near its northwest border with China in May and again in August.
According to the New York Times, the rocket flew on the same southward trajectory to put the satellites into orbit so that North Korea can better monitor US and South Korean military activities in the region and improve its nuclear-strike capabilities. Could.
But both times, the rockets malfunctioned and failed to send the North’s first domestic military spy satellite, Malligyong-1, into orbit.
South Korean officials said Moscow’s help with Pyongyang’s troubled satellite program was part of an incentive package in exchange for North Korea providing artillery shells and other critically needed ammunition to help Russia in its war in Ukraine. Was expected to meet Russia.
North Korea’s launch on Tuesday rejected multiple warnings from the United States, South Korea and Japan against such launches, according to the New York Times. (ANI)
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