North Korea announced on Wednesday that an attempt to launch its first "military reconnaissance satellite" "crash into the sea" in western South Korea. Pyongyang announced that military satellites would be vital in monitoring the military movements of the United States and its allies.
The rocket carrying the moon crashed into the Yellow Sea due to "loss of thrust as a result of abnormal operation of the second-floor engine," according to the North's official KCNA news agency. Despite this failure, Pyongyang on Wednesday unveiled the name of its new missile "Chiolema"