(CNN) – North Korea On Sunday it launched its long-range missile, which is considered to be its long-range missile, and sent it into the sea off the east coast of the United States, analysts said, suggesting it could be an intermediate-range missile (IRBM).
Authorities in Tokyo say the missile reached an altitude of 2,000 kilometers at a distance of 800 kilometers, and the South Korean and Japanese governments announced the launch.
“If the missile is launched under normal Apogee, its range will be 3,500 to 5,500 km, making it an intermediate-range missile and North Korea’s longest test after 2017,” he told CNN on Sunday. Joseph Dempsey, Defense Research Partner and Military Analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Research in London.
According to a US estimate, the launch was an IRBM, often called the KN 17, and the Hwasong 12, according to a US official with direct knowledge.
The IRBM may launch an attack on Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean.
At least six ballistic missiles have been launched this year
Launched on Sunday is Pyongyang’s sixth ballistic missile launch in 2022 and seventh overall.
North Korea’s state – run KCNA news agency says Kim Jong Un’s regime will accelerate its missile tests by 2022 and strengthen its defense against the United States, “resuming all suspended operations.”
Dempsey noted that Sunday’s release shows that North Korea can do just that.
“Following their 2018 self-imposed ban on long-range and nuclear tests, they have limited test short-range (SRPM) and medium-range (MRPM) ballistic missiles,” Dempsey said. “Ahead of this month [Corea del Norte] He said they would reconsider the resumption of previously suspended operations. “
The point of all recent evidence is that Kim “wants to test his cargo” and the U.S. official said he does not care if the U.S. sees it.
The official said Sunday’s test could be related to South Korea’s military training schedule.
On Thursday, North Korea opened fire on what it was supposed to be Two ballistic missiles Short distance from the east coast of the country to the seas.
Two days before that, he launched what is believed to be ship missiles in the same area.
On January 17, Pyongyang tried. “Tactical guiding missiles“These are short-range ballistic missiles,” KCNA said.
North Korea said it had successfully tested hypersonic missiles on January 5 and 11, then on January 14 with short-range ballistic missiles from the train box.
The development of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons is banned by Pyongyang international law.
After the rail car test, a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman advised Washington of its stance against Pyongyang’s arms development. “If the United States takes such a confrontational stance, the DPRK will be forced to take a strong and precise response,” the spokesman said, referring to its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
In a recent statement from KCNA, a spokesman defended North Korea’s right to raise its weapons, saying “the recent development of new types of weapons is part of its efforts to modernize its national defense capability.”
