2023-12-18 14:16:59
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North Korea, escalationfilePyongyang launched a ballistic missile as one of its leaders met Chinese officials in Beijing. A rapprochement which is part of an escalation of tensions in Asia.
In a few hours, two shots with the quasi-blessing of Beijing. This Monday, December 18, North Korea carried out its fifth intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch of the year with a flight which reached an altitude of more than 6,000 kilometers for seventy-three minutes before being damaged. west of Hokkaido, according to Japanese sources. In July, a previous ICBM had already flown for seventy-four minutes. This Monday’s test, preceded the day before by a short-range missile launch (the anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un’s father in 2011), once once more demonstrates the regime’s control of technology to launch long-range missiles, including solid fuel propulsion which makes transport, deployment and firing easier and faster than liquid fuel versions.
If a demonstration of this ability to put rockets into orbit was needed, the successful launch, on November 21, of a surveillance satellite provides further striking proof. North Korea is now a space power that mocks the all-out sanctions imposed on the Kim clan.
“Traditional friendship”
In recent years, Kim Jong-un’s regime has taken advantage of tensions over Taiwan and the war in Ukraine to achieve considerable technical progress. And perfect your balis arsenal
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