Pyongyang recently performed several weapon tests, especially for a long-range missile, a weapon from a train, and for a missile presented as hypersonic.
Le Monde
North Korea seems to continue its series of missile tests, started a few weeks ago. The South Korean army said, Tuesday, October 19, in a statement, an unidentified projectile has been launched by the neighboring country from SINPO to the sea east of the peninsula, without bringing Other details.
“South Korean and American intelligence services proceed with careful analysis to obtain additional details,” he added. Japan has announced the shot of two missiles by Pyongyang. “It is very unfortunate that North Korea continues to launch missiles since last month,” said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A Nippon manager also said that no ship or aircraft had been damaged.
SINPO, from which the missile was shot, is a port city of the eastern country where a large shipyard is located. Satellite photos have shown the presence of submarines. The North is currently striving to develop the launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine (SLBM).
It has already proceeded to a launch from an immersed gear but, according to analysts, it was probably a submerged platform rather than a submarine.
race to Armament
The Korean peninsula seems to be launched in a campaign race. In September, Seoul tested his first SLBM, becoming one of the rare nations to have this advanced technology, and unveiled a hypersonic cruise missile.
North Korea, with the nuclear weapon, has recently carried out several tests, especially for a long-range missile, a weapon drawn from a train, and a missile presented as hypersonic by Pyongyang, arouseing the concern of Numerous nations.
Last week, at an exhibition dedicated to the Defense, a huge intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), unveiled last year during a military parade, was presented. On this occasion, the Kim Jong leader, under which the country has made immense progress in armament, accused the United States of being the “profound cause” of instability in the peninsula, Believing that there is no reason “to believe that they are not hostile”
New Washington call to discussions
This new fire occurs while Sung Kim, the special representative of the current US President Joe Biden for North Korea, issued a call for discussions with Pyongyang. “We will continue the diplomatic channel with North Korea to make tangible progress that will improve the security of the United States and our allies,” he said, on Monday, at the end of a meeting with His South Korean counterpart Noh Kyu-Duk in Washington.
“We have no hostile intention towards North Korea and we hope to meet them without conditions,” he told the press. The diplomat, however, added that the Allies had the “responsibility to implement UN Security Council resolutions”, referring to international sanctions that Pyongyang tries to raise.
Kim Jong-one has met three times the former US President Donald Trump, but the talks with the United States are in the point since the Second Summit in 2019, lack of agreement on the relief of international sanctions And on the gestures that Pyongyang was ready to concede in return.
Washington repeatedly repeated his desire to meet North Korean representatives at any time and anyway, without a prerequisite.