A North Korean missile “blew up almost immediately” on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said,
The failed launch from North Korea’s east coast, came a day after
North Korea held a military parade in its capital, marking the birth
anniversary of the state founder, in which what appeared to be new
long-range ballistic missiles were on display.
The North has warned of a nuclear strike against the United States if
provoked. It has said it has developed and would launch a missile that
can strike the mainland United States but officials and experts believe
it is some time away from mastering the necessary technology.
“The North attempted to launch an unidentified missile from near the
Sinpo region this morning but it is suspected to have failed,” South
Korea’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
The U.S. Pacific Command said the missile “blew up almost immediately”, adding the type of missile was being analyzed.
There was a high degree of confidence it was not an intercontinental
ballistic missile, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity. A
second U.S. official said the launch was land-based.
The timing of the test, coinciding with US Vice President Pence’s
trip and a day after the military parade, would suggest deliberate
defiance.
Pence had been briefed on the failed launch en route to Seoul and had been in touch with Trump, White House aides said.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency cited an unidentified South Korean
intelligence source as saying the missile appeared to have not flown far
from its land-based launch site.
The North launched a ballistic missile from the same region earlier
this month ahead of a summit between the leaders of the United States
and China to discuss the North’s arms program.
That missile flew about 60 km (40 miles) but what U.S. officials said
appeared to be a liquid-fuelled, extended-range Scud missile only
traveled a fraction of its range before spinning out of control.
China has spoken out against North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests
and has supported U.N. sanctions. China on Friday again called for talks
to defuse the crisis.
Sinpo, where the Sunday launch took place, is the site of a North
Korean submarine base and where the North has tested the
submarine-launched ballistic missile it is developing.
“It appears today’s launch was already scheduled for re-launching
after the earlier test-firing,” said Kim Dong-yub, a military expert at
Kyungnam University’s Institute of Far Eastern Studies in Seoul.
“This launch can possibly be a test for a new type of missile or an upgrade,” Kim said.
Tension had escalated sharply in the region amid concerns that the
North may conduct a sixth nuclear test or a ballistic missile test
launch around the April 15 birth anniversary of founding father Kim Il
Sung it calls the “Day of the Sun”.
The White House has said Trump has put the North “on notice”.
Impoverished North Korea and the rich, democratic South are
technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a
truce, not a peace treaty.
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