N. Korea launches a ballistic missile into the ocean
N. Korea launches a ballistic missile into the ocean
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Seoul: South Korea's military claims that North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into its eastern seas. On Wednesday, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff declined to immediately say how far the missile had traveled.

The launch is the latest in a string of recent North Korean weapons displays, including dozens of launches last week that the North portrayed as practice strikes on US and South Korean targets.

This year, North Korea has increased the frequency of its weapons displays to record levels as its leader Kim Jong Un accelerated the country's weapons development and increased pressure on the United States and its regional allies. Russia's conflict in Ukraine.

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According to South Korea, the recovered fragments of a North Korean missile fired during sea launches last week were identified as Soviet-era anti-aircraft weapons from the 1960s.

According to South Korea's defense ministry, a 3-metre (9.8-foot)-long debris was pulled out of the waters near Korea's eastern maritime border on Sunday, and analysis on Wednesday showed it was from North Korea. Korea's SA-5 surface-to-air missiles.

According to the ministry, the Russian military used a similar missile to launch ground attacks during its invasion of Ukraine.
The South Korean military published images that appeared to show a broken rocket engine and wires protruding from a rocket body that had broken off but were still attached to the wings.

The missile, which was one of more than 20 missiles fired by North Korea last Wednesday, flew in the direction of a populated South Korean island and landed near the rivals' tense maritime border, triggering air strike sirens and uleung Residents on the island were forced to evacuate.

The South Korean Defense Ministry said it "strongly" condemns North Korea's firing of the SA-5, which it sees as a violation of a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement on reducing tensions.

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Last week, in response to a crucial joint air exercise between the United States and South Korea, which the North viewed as an assault exercise, North Korea launched dozens of missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, that triggered an evacuation in northern Japan. Alert prompted.

To back up the bulk of last week's launches, which the North described as spurious attacks on critical South Korean and US targets such as airfields and Operation Command systems, some experts speculate that North Korea did some of its Old weapons may have dipped in the list.

As leader Kim Jong Un took advantage of the distraction provided by Russia's war on Ukraine to accelerate weapons development and increase pressure on the United States and its regional allies, the launch took hold of North Korea's weapons tests this year. contributed to the record speed of

According to Soo Kim, a security analyst at the RAND Corporation in California, "North Koreans want to demonstrate their range of missile technologies through these tests, but not all launches reveal the latest technological advances."

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North Korea could benefit from having some of its cutting-edge capabilities on hand and testing them when the time is right. Again, Kim is playing a long game, so it would not be in her best interest to reveal all of her cards, including the variety of missiles and abilities her country has collected, she said.

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