Both Washington and the IAEA share their evidence that the country is “likely” to carry out a nuclear missile test, the first since 2017
North Korea Thursday morning launched a medium-range ballistic missile and two short-range projectiles into the Sea of Japantriggering air alerts in several prefectures in the north of the Japanese island of Honshu, as reported by the Japanese authorities.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has revealed that North Korea has launched a medium-range missile around 7:42 local time (23:42 Spanish peninsular time) that has fallen into the Sea of Japan, according to NHK.
At first, the defense portfolio announced that the projectile had flown over the Japanese archipelago, although it later corrected itself, assuring that it had not been so.
However, after the launch of the missile, the government has sent instant alerts to citizens of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata prefecturesall in the north of Honshu, the main island of the Japanese archipelago.
However, two other short-range missiles have been detected by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, which has detailed that they have been fired at 08:39 a.m. (00:39 a.m. Spanish peninsular time) from the North Korean town of Kaechon, south of Pyongyang. .
These launches take place a day after North Korea launched almost twenty missiles into the Sea of Japan, one of which flew over the maritime demarcation line between the two Koreas. for the first time since the war between the two countriessetting off anti-aircraft sirens on one of the South Korean islands.
In this context, On October 4, Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile that fell into the Pacific Ocean. and that it flew over Japanese territory, a fact that had not happened since 2017 and that activated the alert in Japan.
The offensive by Pyongyang further escalates tensions in the region, after North Korea has launched dozens of ballistic missiles in recent weeks in tests prohibited by UN Security Council resolutions, in response to military maneuvers. US-Koreans that it considers an invasion rehearsal.
Washington, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have shared their evidence that North Korea ‘likely’ to carry out nuclear missile test, first since 2017.