North Korea fires missiles “the second time” In the week – one day after the US recently condemned
North Korea fires missiles “Second time” – 11 Jan. Archyde.com and Straits Times The Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea (JCS) reported that at 07:27 local time, North Korea missile test From the land heading to the ocean off the east coast of North Korea.
It is the second missile test in less than a week, after testing a missile that it claims to be hypersonic or hypersonic on Jan. 5.
However, South Korea said the first missile of the year that North Korea tested it was not a hypersonic. It hits targets less than 700 km away, even at the maximum speed required by a supersonic missile.
A view of what state news agency KCNA reports is the test firing of a hypersonic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea, January 5, 2022. “The successive successes in the test launches in the hypersonic missile sector have strategic significance in that they hasten a task for modernising the strategic armed force of the state,” REUTERS
The Kyodo News agency said that from the Japan Coast Guard. North Korean missiles have crashed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEC).
“It is extremely regrettable that North Korea continues to launch missiles,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. And that the UN had just completed discussions on response to North Korea’s ballistic missile test last week.
FILE PHOTO: People watch a TV broadcasting file footage of a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
It also happened just a day after the United States Representative to the United Nations. It issued a joint statement with representatives from France, Ireland, Japan, the United Kingdom and Albania condemning the Jan. 5. missile test launch.
Mrs. Linda Thomas-Greenfield US Representative to the United Nations It said in a statement on Monday, Jan. 10: “These actions increase the risk of error, escalation and are a significant threat to stability in the region. (North Korea) makes these military investments undermining the well-being of the North Korean people,” Greenfield said.
And that such tests not only enhance North Korea’s military capabilities. It will also expand the scope of what North Korea can offer to traders and buy illegal weapons around the world.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party. North Korea fired a hypersonic missile this week that successfully hit a target , its second such test as the country pursues new military capabilities amid stalled denuclearisation talks. KCNA
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