North Korea confirms test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile

According to the Central News Agency North Korea (KCNA), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally supervised the launch.

This is the case ballistic missile launch North Korea’s most complete intercontinental since 2017 to strengthen the country’s defense capabilities..

KCNA said the Hwasong-17 missile was launched from a giant launch pad with 11 axes at Pyongyang International Airport. Flight data showed the missile flew higher and longer than any previous North Korean test before crashing into the waters west of Japan.

Immediately after North Korea’s missile launch, South Korea on March 24 conducted a live-fire exercise with ballistic missiles and tactical missiles from warplanes. South Korean military officials said the exercise was aimed at proving the South Korean military’s ability to accurately strike the location of any North Korean missile system.

This is North Korea’s most complete intercontinental ballistic missile launch since 2017. (Image: AP)

North Korea’s latest launch took place on March 24, just four days after the country carried out four salvoes believed to be multiple rocket launchers toward the Yellow Sea from an unspecified location at Sukchon. , in South Pyongan province, north of the capital Pyongyang. This is also North Korea’s 12th weapons test since early 2022.

The US, Japan and South Korea have criticized North Korea’s missile launch. Meanwhile, the United Nations Secretary-General on March 24 called on Pyongyang to stop the launches and sit at the negotiating table to find a peaceful solution on the Korean peninsula.

Quoting the Secretary-General of the United Nations at a press conference, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations Stéphane Dujarric emphasized:North Korea’s long-range missile launch threatens to escalate tensions in the region. The Secretary-General of the United Nations called on North Korea to refuse to take any more counterproductive actions. He also reaffirmed his commitment to work with all parties in finding a peaceful diplomatic solution to the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.“.

In a related development, the United States, Britain, France, Ireland, Albania and Norway have called on the United Nations Security Council to convene a public meeting on March 25 to discuss the latest launch of the missile. North Korea.

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