North Korea announces successful test of spy satellite

Pyongyang’s military development should be fully completed by April 2023 next year.

North Korea has announced the completion of the final phase of testing a military reconnaissance satellite. In its course, the possibilities of sending images and information data were tested, the state news agency TsTAK said on Sunday, December 18.

According to this data, the satellite itself should be fully completed by April 2023.

In addition, it was reported about the launch of a launch vehicle with a test satellite, which rose to an altitude of about 500 km – North Korean specialists examined the operation of space instruments, and also tested the satellite imagery.

North Korean missile tests

A day earlier, the South Korean military reported that two ballistic missiles were launched from the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula in North Korea towards the Sea of ​​Japan. Presumably, missiles of this type could carry nuclear warheads and cover a distance sufficient to hit targets in Japan.

Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Toshiro Ino said that North Korea’s newly launched ballistic missiles fell outside the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). According to him, they flew at a height of about 550 km and had a range of at least 250 km.

North Korea has launched more missiles than ever this year, Reuters notes: Pyongyang has conducted more than 50 missile tests since the beginning of the year.

In addition, fears are growing that the authoritarian regime in North Korea, which is in international isolation, may again conduct nuclear tests for the first time since 2017.

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A source: Russian Service DW

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