North Korea’s hypersonic missile exploded shortly after launch, senior officials of South Korea, America, and Japan protested
North Korea’s hypersonic missile exploded : North Korea once again tested a hypersonic missile. However, this test of North Korea was unsuccessful and exploded in the air shortly after launch. The missile had covered an altitude of about 100 km and a distance of more than 200 km. The US Indo-Pacific Command has said that we are keeping an eye on the situation.
Reuters, Seoul, North Korea tested a hypersonic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, but it exploded in the air shortly after launch. South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said the missile was launched near Pyongyang.
According to Japan’s Defense Ministry, the missile covered an altitude of about 100 km and a distance of more than 200 km. Senior officials from South Korea, the US, and Japan condemned the launch, calling it a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and a serious threat to peace and stability.
The US Indo-Pacific Command has said that we are monitoring the situation. Earlier, North Korea also tested a missile on May 30.
North Korea had criticized the deployment of a US aircraft carrier for joint exercises with South Korea and Japan this week.
North Korea has performed a series of hypersonic missile tests since 2021 in an apparent effort to acquire the ability to penetrate its rivals’ missile defense shields. Foreign experts question whether the missiles have achieved their desired speed and maneuverability during the test flights. In recent years, North Korea has also been developing more missiles that use solid propellants, Launches of such missiles are harder to detect than liquid-propellant missiles, which must be fuelled before liftoff.
This North Korean missile launch comes a day after the 74th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a mutual defense agreement at a summit.
Recently, North Korea has flown hundreds of balloons carrying trash toward the South, including on Tuesday, while Pyongyang deployed a large group of soldiers to build new fortifications within the heavily armed border between the two Koreas, according to the South’s military, occasionally drawing warning shots from South Korean counterparts
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