[정치]軍 “North Korea, estimated to launch two cruise missiles on the 21st” … belatedly released

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It was announced late that North Korea launched two missiles on the 21st.

First, it was released through the US media, and our military authorities assumed that it launched a cruise missile, not a ballistic missile.

Links to reporters from the Ministry of Defense. Reporter Kim Moon-kyung!

Military authorities belatedly revealed the North Korean missile launch?

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That’s right. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea launched two missiles into the West Sea on the 21st.

The type of missile was estimated to be a cruise missile, and the time was on the morning of the 21st, and it was reported that it was launched from the Pyeongnam hot spring area into the west sea.

However, it did not disclose specific launch times, missile specifications, and flight distances.

In the past, military authorities have usually disclosed launch times, flight distances, and projectile types, but this time, all the information has not been disclosed and only briefly answered that it is being analyzed.

It’s very unusual, but if foreign media hadn’t reported the missile launch earlier this morning, it would have gone unknowingly.

Also, North Korea, which has been publicly disclosed through the media since the missile launch, has closed its mouth this time.

For this reason, there are speculation that there was no local map of Chairman Kim Jong-un.

A senior US official said the launch was evaluated as a normal North Korean weapon test and that it does not violate the resolution of the UN Security Council.

President Biden also said, “According to the Ministry of Defense, it is the same as usual,” and it is interpreted as refraining from responding to stimulating North Korea.

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If North Korea launched a cruise missile, is this the first time?

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no. In 2017, there are traces of launching a short-range cruise missile, which is believed to be a ground-breaking missile.

In April of last year, it also launched a missile, believed to be a short-range cruise missile.

However, if the missile launched this time is a cruise missile, it is of interest whether it is a short range or whether an improved cruise missile with an increased range was tested.

North Korea unveiled an improved missile that is believed to be a cruise missile at the 8th Party Congress in January.

Looking at the screen at the time, it is observed that a vehicle with five wheels each carrying a missile and participating in the parade ceremony.

At the time, North Korea emphasized that the defense science division developed super-sized missiles and advanced nuclear tactical weapons, including mid- and long-range cruise missiles.

Ballistic missiles can fly out of the atmosphere, so they are fast, but cruise missiles have the advantage of being able to guide them until they reach the target instead of being slow by flying below the atmosphere.

Analysis has been raised that North Korea, which has been quiet since this year, launched a cruise missile that was not subject to sanctions shortly after last week’s ROK-US training and the 2+2 talks between the diplomatic and defense ministers. It’s possible.

So far, YTN Kim Moon-kyung from the Ministry of Defense[[email protected]]is.

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