South Korea’s military on Monday said more analysis is needed to verify North Korea’s claim that Sunday’s test-launch of a ballistic missile was a new mid-to-long range rocket built to carry a nuclear warhead.
The missile landed in the sea near Russia in what Washington called a message to South Korea, days after its new president took office pledging to engage Pyongyang in dialogue.
“The test-fire aimed at verifying the tactical and technological specifications of the newly developed ballistic rocket capable of carrying a large-size heavy nuclear warhead,” the North’s official KCNA news agency reported.
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Tuesday at the request of the United States, South Korea and Japan to discuss a reaction to the missile launch, diplomats said on Sunday.
The Security Council has adopted six sanctions resolutions against North Korea because of its missile and nuclear weapons program. The US and its allies are advocating for an additional crackdown on banks and other companies that do business with Pyongyang.
KCNA, citing leader Kim Jong Un, accused the United States of “browbeating” countries that “have no nukes” and warned Washington not to misjudge the reality that its mainland is in the North’s “sighting range for strike.”
South Korea’s military said the missile flew 700 kilometres (430 miles) from the Kusong area northwest of Pyongyang. Japan said the missile reached an altitude of more than 2,000 km and flew for 30 minutes.
Experts said the altitude reached meant it was launched at an unusually high trajectory and if fired at a standard trajectory, it would have a range of at least 4,000 km (2,500 miles). That would put US military bases in Guam within range.
“North Korea’s latest successful missile test represents a level of performance never before seen from a North Korean missile,” Washington-based monitoring project, 38 North, said in an analysis issued on Sunday.
“It appears to have not only demonstrated an intermediate-range ballistic missile that might enable them to reliably strike the U.S. base at Guam, but more importantly, may represent a substantial advance to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile,” it said.
The US military’s Pacific Command said the type of missile that was fired on Sunday was “not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile.”
US afraid of being reach by intercontenental ballistic missile made by North Korea…more testing more chilling of pres. Trump..
Don’t ever underestimate North Korea’s military might…KJU will mean what he says, especially he is mentally sick!!!!!!!
Kim is too crazy and mad for wwlll
I really dont understand what Mr. Kim want from his country, people are not allow to use internet, Malls only for Rich people, No photography,
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America has to fight the war now
ADOLF HITLER IN MODERN TIMES.KJU
oo malakas nga sila pero tao namn nya gutom
Nourth Korean ballistic missile technology is just only a tip of what the US has. The US prevents other country to develope nuke because it would be a threat to them..
You presume that Kim jung Un is a reasonable man. He killed his own brother and uncle in fear of a prower struggle. It should be enough to give you a profile. But know this, insecure individuals are very erractic and when they are in power it makes them very dangerous.
Let’s get another nuclear superior there the weak states may overcome american browbeating.
Kim want to be one the honoured country in the world like US….But US do not want any country in the world be rich as it.. But in case of Russia and china and some europian country US get frighten to establisshed it emperical power… To established its Havy mussel power and chairmenship US can not tolarate other small coutries any right on earth as acommon human being on earth.. Every people and every country in the world have posses same right on every thing on earth.
Remember in 1954 North Korea Humiliated the US in the war with South Korea. So America always scares North Korea with caution
Mukaga Apollo Otema right but what now? why china and russia are not frighten on north korea?
I am not a fanatic of north korea,but I believed in their technology they can defend their north,the only problem is their internal problems,but it is better than philippines,we are open country but experience the abuse of united nation,because of the past political will is to steal and corrupt not only the taxes of the people but the citizens itself,even other nations did not do respect of our right to west philippines sea and now ben ham rise is in follow up.hope our president will support our sceintest,we are lucky that our president now has the gall to impose what is the rule of the law and become the first to bring philippines in the limelights of respect and may god bless us all filipinos.
Monopoly of Global Security by a country led by Trump is a disaster, you never know when and where he will drop the next "Mother of all Bombs". Since North Korea has been on Trumps agenda they deserve a right to Self Defence. After all if Nuclear is bad, why should only be in the hands of a few privileged countries, let be disbanded all together. Remember, what is good fo the goose is also good for the….