Seoul, May 4 (EFE)- North Korea tested a ballistic missile, the 14th of its kind in 2022, on Wednesday, on the eve of conservative Yoon Suk-yeol being sworn in as new president. South Korea.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) detailed in a statement that the Army “detected a ballistic missile launched from the Sunan region of South Korea into the East Sea (the name given to the Sea of Japan in the two Koreas)”. Pyongyang is around 12:03 (0:03 GMT) today.
The range of the flight was estimated at about 470 kilometers, and the maximum altitude reached about 780 kilometers; The data were in line with calculations by the Japanese Ministry of Defense, which confirmed it was a ballistic missile and put its summit at about 800 kilometers. distance is about 500.
This, combined with the fact that the Japanese Coast Guard’s estimated flight time is about 20 minutes, seems to rule out the possibility that what the regime launched today was another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Initial data provided by the JCS shortly after launch took place at Sunan, where the test was located at the North Korean capital’s airport and where the North Korean military fired two ICBMs in March, raising fears that the regime had returned to fire an intercontinental projectile. December.
This new test comes just six days before the new South Korean president, conservative Yoon Suk-yeol, who has pledged to toughen his stance towards his northern neighbor, takes office.
North Korea’s first launch since April 16 came two weeks before Yoon visited US President Joe Biden in Seoul.
North Korea, which is completely closed to the outside world due to the epidemic and currently has no viable Covid-19 vaccine plan, has rejected the Biden administration’s proposals so far to revive the disarmament dialogue that has since stalled. 2019
Add to this the fact that the regime approved a five-year weapons modernization plan that fell short of a record number of shell tests last year, as well as the fact that satellites have been detecting activity for months, indicating that North Korea will soon fulfill its mission. First nuclear test since 2017
The North Korean war is expected to take up a large part of the agenda during Biden’s visit, who so far has hardly talked about North Korea directly but could use the trip to send a message to Kim Jong-un.
source: Noticias
