The South Korean army detected what could already be the ninth trial shot of a missile from Pyongyang this year.
Le Monde with AFP
North Korea has drawn at least one “unidentified projectile in the direction of the East”, announced on Saturday, March 5, the South Korean army in a statement, without providing more details. Despite draconian international sanctions, Pyongyang could therefore have carried out its ninth missile test, including a record series of seven weapons tests in January, including its most powerful missile since 2017.
a Delicate context
The country had suspended its shots during the Beijing Olympic Winter Games, then said, Monday, having tried “great importance” for the development of a recognition satellite, one day after Seoul announced having detected a launch of ballistic missile.
These northern tests intervene at a delicate moment in the region, South Korea preparing to elect his next president Wednesday. Analysts believe that Pyongyang could use the most important date of its political calendar, the birthday of the birth of its founder, Kim Il-Sung, on April 15, to conduct a test of Arming of great importance.