North Korea: failed to fire an “unidentified projectile”
North Korea fired an “unidentified projectile” on Wednesday but the launch appears to have failed, the South Korean military said.
Kim Jong Un.
AFP
“North Korea fired an unknown projectile from the Sunan area around 9:30 a.m. today but it is believed to have failed immediately following launch,” the South Korean chiefs of staff said in a statement.
Japanese media reported that Pyongyang may have fired a ballistic missile, citing an unidentified Defense Ministry official. The launch, if successful, would have been North Korea’s tenth test this year following seven missile tests and two launches that Pyongyang said were “reconnaissance satellites”.
“Monster Missile”
South Korea and the United States said last week that the tests were actually a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system — dubbed the “monster missile” by military analysts — that had never been tested. previously.
Under severe international sanctions, imposed in retaliation for its missile and nuclear weapons program, Pyongyang has so far rejected all offers of dialogue since the collapse in 2019 of talks between leader Kim Jong Un and the then-US President Donald Trump.
North Korea has intensified the modernization of its army and increased the firing of missiles recently.
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