The South Korean Armed Forces confirmed that the projectile launched this Monday by neighboring North Korea is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the fifth fired by Pyongyang this year.
“Our armed forces have detected what is believed to be a long-range ballistic missile launched from the Pyongyang area towards the East Sea. [nome dado ao mar do Japão nas duas Coreias] around 08:24” (23:24 on Sunday in Lisbon), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff declared in a statement.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense confirmed the launch time and added that the missile landed around 9:37 a.m. (00:37 a.m. in Lisbon) outside the country’s special economic zone, 250 kilometers west of the island of Okushiri. , near Hokkaido (north), according to Japanese state broadcaster NHK.
The duration of the flight coincides with previous launches of this type of missile by Pyongyang and with the curved trajectory used to test this type of missile.
The launch comes after North Korea launched another short-range ballistic missile on Sunday and marks the 27th weapons test recorded by Pyongyang this year alone.
The shooting also comes three days after South Korea’s deputy national security adviser, Kim Tae-hyo, said there were signs that Kim Jong-un’s regime could launch an intercontinental ballistic missile in the next few years. days.
The last intercontinental ballistic missile tested by Pyongyang was launched in July, when it fired a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel projectile from the outskirts of the North Korean capital.
With this launch, the regime reached a record of five intercontinental missiles launched this year.
This latest North Korean action also occurs after Pyongyang announced, on November 23, the cancellation of the application of a military treaty with Seoul, signed in 2018 to reduce tension in border areas.
Source: TSF
