South Korea said North Korea may have launched intercontinental ballistic missiles

North Korea According to the South Korean military, it apparently once again fired a nuclear-capable missile with a range of several thousand kilometers. On Friday, the army detected the launch of a ballistic missile in North Korea, which flew in the direction of the Sea of ​​Japan (Korean: East Sea), the General Staff said in The capital, Seoul with.

The missile is said to have fallen into the sea about 210 kilometers west of Japan’s main island of Hokkaido.

affiliate Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishidawhich is currently on APEC summit In Bangkok, Thailand, the renewable rocket launch was strongly condemned. Japanese media quoted Kishida as saying North Korea’s provocations were “unacceptable”.

US Vice President Kamala Harris He called an emergency meeting with senior officials from Japan and South Korea in Bangkok at short notice. Australia, Canada and New Zealand should also participate.

A range of at least 5,500 km

According to South Korean and Japanese information, the bullet was probably a Intercontinental ballistic missiles. Kishida was quoted as saying he may have drowned at sea within Japan’s exclusive economic zone. However, there are no reports of damage to aircraft or ships. No details of the flight duration and distance from the South Korean side were initially known.

United Nations resolutions Banning self-declared nuclear power North Korea from testing ballistic missiles of any range, which can carry one or more nuclear warheads depending on the design. Intercontinental ballistic missiles include missiles with a range of at least 5500 km.

The development of long-range strategic missiles is particularly aimed at the United States of America Pyongyang hostile policies.

Missile disappeared

South Korean army The masked neighboring country supposedly last shot down an ICBM in early November. At that time, it was said that problems had appeared after the starting stage. According to the Tokyo government, the missile disappeared from radar over the Sea of ​​Japan.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are rising significantly again. There have been more than 50 North Korean missile tests since the beginning of the year — the South Korean military recorded more than 25 in early November alone. The latest missile tests were also seen as a response to joint exercises by South Korean and US forces.

Experts fear that tensions will continue to rise and that even the slightest miscalculation on either side could have devastating consequences.