North Korea launches another “unidentified” projectile, according to Seoul

North Korea It launched another “unidentified projectile” today in the direction of the Sea of ​​Japan, the South Korean military reported, just six days after testing what Pyongyang described as a new hypersonic missile.

“North Korea launches unidentified projectile into the East Sea (name given to the Sea of ​​Japan in the two Koreas)”, The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC) reported on Tuesday in a brief statement about the launch, which has also been notified by the Japanese Government.

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On its website, the Japanese Coast Guard considered that “potentially“It would be a ballistic missile and that”probably“It has already fallen into the water -without specifying where-, although at the same time it recommended caution to all boats in the area.

This trial comes just six days after Pyongyang test another projectile that the regime later described as a new hypersonic missile and that the detection systems of Seoul or Tokyo initially classified as a “ballistic missile”, after initial problems to identify it due to its irregular flight.

The North Korean army fired this new missile as a test on January 5, which, according to the regime, traveled about 700 kilometers and was capable of making a 120-kilometer turn.

Seoul later considered these claims “exaggerated” and assured that, although the projectile showed some of the characteristics of a hypersonic missile, it cannot be technically qualified as such and that Pyongyang “The technology for a hypersonic flight vehicle has yet to be done.”

In any case, the tactical weapons you have been testing Pyongyang Since 2019, together with another that it already qualified as its first hypersonic missile and that it tested in September last year (the Hwasong-8), they have been difficult to detect with precision for Seoul, Tokyo or Washington when tracing non-ballistic trajectories that allow to avoid radars and missile shields.

Today’s is North Korea’s second test launch this year and comes ten days after leader Kim Jong-un delivered a speech in which he stressed the need to strengthen the country’s defenses and in which at the same time he avoided sending a conciliatory message to Seoul or Washington.

The denuclearization dialogue between North Koreans and Americans has been stalled since the failed Hanoi summit nearly three years ago.

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