Regarding North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile on the 27th, Korean media said that it also aims to shake the United States, which is being chased by Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, and SLBM = submarine-launched ballistic missile. It is reported that there is a possibility of a series of intermediate-range ballistic missiles "Pugksong-2" improved to the ground-based type.
At around 7:52 am on the 27th, the South Korean Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan from the vicinity of Sunan, where the international airport is located on the outskirts of the capital Pyongyang. Revealed that it was about 300 km and the altitude was about 620 km.
This is the eighth North Korean launch, and the South Korean government has held an urgent NSC = National Security Council, expressing deep concern and calling for the launch to be stopped immediately.
The 27th marks the third year since the second US-North Korea summit meeting, which ended in a farewell, was held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
In addition, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on the 26th that Russia's military invasion of Ukraine was "the root cause is that the United States is not responding to Russia's security demands and is taking a strong response." I was blaming America.
South Korea's news agency Yonhap News Agency has pointed out that there is also an aim to shake the United States, which is being chased by Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, over North Korea's intention to launch it for the first time in about a month. ..
On top of that, the missile this time is an improvement of the SLBM = submarine-launched ballistic missile to a ground-based type from the confirmed features, and it is possible that it is a series of intermediate-range ballistic missiles "Pugksong-2" launched in 2017. I am telling you that there is.