Citizens watching related news at Seoul Station on the 30th. yunhap news
North Korea fired a ballistic missile, presumed to be a Hwasong-12 medium and long-range ballistic missile (IRBM), for the first time in regarding four years. After four years and four months since the last launch, and for the first time since the so-called ‘Nuclear Test and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Moratorium Declaration’ in April 2018, a significant wave is expected.
On the 30th, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, “Our military detected a medium-range ballistic missile launched at an elevation from the Mupyeong-ri area in Jagang Province, North Korea at around 07:52 a.m. to the eastern sea,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on the 30th. km,” he said.
These specifications are most similar to those of the Hwasong-12 launch on May 14, 2017. At that time, the flight distance was regarding 700 km and the altitude was more than 2,000 km. North Korea unveiled this missile the next day through state media, saying, “Scientists and engineers in the rocket research sector test-fired the newly developed mid-to-long-range strategic ballistic rocket ‘Hwasong-12’ on May 14, Juche 106 (2017). was carried out successfully.”
After the first successful IRBM, North Korea also launched Hwasong-14 and Type 15 ICBMs one following another, causing war in the Korean Peninsula. The Hwasong-12 itself also made a statement similar to that of Kim Rak-gyeom, commander of the North Korean Strategic Force, “I am seriously considering a plan to encircle Guam with the simultaneous launch of four medium- and long-range strategic ballistic rockets ‘Hwasong-12’.”
The last time this missile was launched was on September 15, 2017, at Pyongyang Sunan Airport (Sunan International Airport). The flight distance was 3700 km and the altitude was 770 km, but the distance from Pyongyang to Guam is 3400 km, proving that actual ‘siege firing’ is possible.
The Blue House announced that President Moon Jae-in convened an emergency plenary meeting of the NSC at 9:25 a.m. on the same day, received a report on the North Korean medium-range ballistic missile launch-related trends from Chairman Won-cheol Won of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and checked the security situation and readiness posture.
President Moon Jae-in. yunhap news
President Moon Jae-in at the meeting said, “The international community’s efforts for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and diplomatic resolution are showing a similar pattern to the period of heightened tensions in 2017 as it led to the launch of long-range ballistic missiles.” “It can be seen as a challenge to the United Nations and a violation of UN Security Council resolutions,” he said.
“We urge North Korea to stop creating tension and pressure, and to respond to proposals for dialogue from the international community, including both the ROK and the United States,” he said. Please get drunk,” he begged.
President Moon also said, “North Korea has maintained its declaration of suspending nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches while expressing its will for dialogue. I hope we can discuss it.”