N. Korea launched two short-range unidentified projectiles early Friday: S. Korea's JCS
Arirang News
2019-08-02
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北, 이틀만에 또 단거리 발사체 영흥에서 발사
North Korea fired yet more projectiles into the East Sea on Friday morning.
It's the second launch in two days and third in just over a week.
The North is claiming that what it's been testing is a guided rocket system.
Our Kim Ji-yeon has the latest.
North Korea launched two short-range projectiles towards the East Sea... early Friday from Youngheung in Hamgyongnam-do Province... near North Korea's eastern city of Wonsan .
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said... the projectiles reached an altitude of around 25 kilometers... and flew some 220 kilometers... recording a maximum flight speed of Mach 6-point-9, that's around eight-thousand-five hundred kilometers an hour.
This follows the two short-range ballistic missiles fired by the North last Thursday and this Wednesday... which according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff were fired in a northeasterly direction towards the East Sea... all flying at altitudes of less than 50 kilometers.
The missiles were presumed to have been launched from the ground using a transporter erector launcher,... which is used to move missiles to a desired launch location.
North Korea has already released a report and photos of Wednesday's military activity.
The regime stated it tested a new multiple rocket launcher... countering the assessment by the Joint Chiefs of Staff that they're short-range ballistic missiles... that had characteristics similar to Russia's Iskander-class ballistic missiles.
Military experts invited by officials from Seoul's defense ministry on Thursday said further analysis is needed to verify the North's claim that it has succeeded in test-firing a "guided" rocket system.
The experts corroborated the Joint Chiefs of Staff's statement that the South Korean military is capable of intercepting all missiles launched by North Korea so far this year... with the existing Patriot anti-missile system... based upon simulations.
The military experts said the South Korean military already acquired the missile technology touted by the North during the early 2000s.
"Although North Korea could have acquired the technology, the experts said it's still in the test-firing stage... and the technology is not fully operational... due to factors that include lack of infrastructure and resources.
Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News."
North Korea fired yet more projectiles into the East Sea on Friday morning.
It's the second launch in two days and third in just over a week.
The North is claiming that what it's been testing is a guided rocket system.
Our Kim Ji-yeon has the latest.
North Korea launched two short-range projectiles towards the East Sea... early Friday from Youngheung in Hamgyongnam-do Province... near North Korea's eastern city of Wonsan .
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said... the projectiles reached an altitude of around 25 kilometers... and flew some 220 kilometers... recording a maximum flight speed of Mach 6-point-9, that's around eight-thousand-five hundred kilometers an hour.
This follows the two short-range ballistic missiles fired by the North last Thursday and this Wednesday... which according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff were fired in a northeasterly direction towards the East Sea... all flying at altitudes of less than 50 kilometers.
The missiles were presumed to have been launched from the ground using a transporter erector launcher,... which is used to move missiles to a desired launch location.
North Korea has already released a report and photos of Wednesday's military activity.
The regime stated it tested a new multiple rocket launcher... countering the assessment by the Joint Chiefs of Staff that they're short-range ballistic missiles... that had characteristics similar to Russia's Iskander-class ballistic missiles.
Military experts invited by officials from Seoul's defense ministry on Thursday said further analysis is needed to verify the North's claim that it has succeeded in test-firing a "guided" rocket system.
The experts corroborated the Joint Chiefs of Staff's statement that the South Korean military is capable of intercepting all missiles launched by North Korea so far this year... with the existing Patriot anti-missile system... based upon simulations.
The military experts said the South Korean military already acquired the missile technology touted by the North during the early 2000s.
"Although North Korea could have acquired the technology, the experts said it's still in the test-firing stage... and the technology is not fully operational... due to factors that include lack of infrastructure and resources.
Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News."
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