North Korea announced that the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) it fired on Thursday was the Hwasong-17, the missile with the longest potential range in its arsenal, a launch attended by the leader Kim Chen In.
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Kim Chen In “He emphasized the need to instill fear in enemies, effectively deter the possibility of a war, and reliably guarantee a peaceful life” of the North Koreans, the state news agency KCNA reported.
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The launch was carried out “in view of the serious situation that creates the most unstable security environment on the peninsula Korea in connection with the ongoing hectic, provocative and aggressive large-scale military exercises. South Korea And USA.
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North Korea He views these exercises as a rehearsal for an invasion of his territory and promised to give an “unprecedented response.”
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According to the TsTAK, a rocket launched from the airfield in North Korea“reached a maximum altitude of 6,045 kilometers and flew a distance of 1,000 kilometers in 4,151 seconds (69 minutes) before landing in the exact area in the waters of the East Sea (as the South Korea Sea is known in both Koreas). Japan)”.
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Projectile from North Korea crashed about 250 kilometers from Oshima Island, which is located southwest of Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, according to Japan’s Defense Ministry.
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Pictures released by the CTC show that Kim Chen In he witnessed a rehearsal for the launch of the Hwaseong-17 rocket, accompanied by his daughter, who is increasingly featured in the regime’s official history.
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Kim Chen In and his daughter are also studying photographs of the Earth from space, allegedly taken by a camera mounted on a Hwaseong-17 rocket.
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trial of North Korea It came hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol traveled to Tokyo to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, marking the first bilateral visit between the two countries in 12 years.
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In fact, Yun Suk Yeol (South Korea) and Fumio Kishida (Japan) committed to strengthening their bilateral security cooperation with the United States in the face of weapons developments in North Korea and indicated they were “normalizing” their real-time military intelligence sharing pact.
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The peninsula is experiencing historic levels of tension after 2022, when North Koreawhich rejected proposals to return to dialogue, conducted a record number of weapons tests and in which the allies once again conducted major maneuvers and deployed nuclear aircraft carriers or bombers.
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