North Korea has been testing its most powerful missile since 2017.
This was revealed by South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in a note which clearly speaks of Pyongyang's threat to resume nuclear or intercontinental ballistic tests.
According to South Korea, the North is following "a similar path" to that of 2017, when tensions were at their height on the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang "is close to breaking the self-imposed moratorium" on nuclear tests and ICBMs.
According to Moon Jae-in at dawn today "an intermediate-range ballistic missile launched at a high angle to the east was detected". The missile would have been fired from the northern province of Jagang, from where "hypersonic missiles" depart, and traveled about 800 km in 30 minutes before falling into the Sea of Japan, the staff added.
Japan also confirms, with the spokesman for the Japanese government Hirokazu Matsuno that "it has strongly protested against North Korea" accusing it of "threatening the peace and security of Japan".
In 2017, Hwasong-12 had covered 787 km. At the time, analysts calculated that this bullet had the ability to even reach the island of Guam, a US territory in the Pacific Ocean.
(Unioneonline / D)
