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North Korea fires an object believed to be a ballistic missile into the East Sea
North Korea fired an unidentified object toward the East Sea on October 12, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
South Korean officials were analyzing its type and range.
Japan’s coast guard said the object may have been a North Korean ballistic missile and appeared to have already fallen.
It asked people not to approach any debris and to report it.
If confirmed as a ballistic missile, this would be North Korea’s second such launch this month.
Its previous launch, on October 3, flew more than 700 kilometers, according to South Korea’s military.
The new launch came four days after South Korea said it had successfully tested a hypersonic ballistic missile.
The available information does not say what the October 12 object was or how far it traveled.
North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea on October 12, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The missiles flew more than 900 kilometres, while South Korean and US authorities analysed their exact specifications.
Japan’s coast guard said an object believed to be a North Korean ballistic missile appeared to have already fallen.
South Korea’s military said the launch may have been intended to show off North Korea’s military capabilities and respond to a South Korean hypersonic weapon test.
The launch came four days after South Korea disclosed its first test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle.
- Who
- North Korea.
- What
- It fired several objects identified by South Korea as ballistic missiles toward the East Sea.
- When
- October 12, at about 9:20 a.m., according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Where
- From the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea.
- Why
- South Korea’s military said its initial assessment was that the launch was a show of force and an effort to display progress in North Korea’s defence development plan.
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The detected North Korean missiles flew more than 900 km, and South Korea and the United States are conducting a detailed analysis of their exact specifications.
Our initial analysis is that this was a show of force in response to the success of our hypersonic missile test, as well as a deliberate display of missile capabilities to show achievements under the roadmap of the five-year plan for defence development.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the object that may be a ballistic missile launched from North Korea appears to have already fallen.
North Korea launched a ballistic missile from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
South Korea disclosed its first test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea.
- Launch location
- Pyongyang area
- Direction
- East Sea
- Flight distance
- More than 900 km
- Number of missiles
- Several, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Previous North Korean launch
- October 3, from the Wonsan area
- Related South Korean test
- First hypersonic glide vehicle test launch disclosed October 8
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