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North Korea fired a missile that was presumed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile yesterday (the 4th), but has not made any announcements or reports about it yet.

North Korea has usually released footage of the launch the next day, but there are several interpretations of the exceptionally quiet.



Reporter Kim A-young pointed it out.



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Today is the Rodong Sinmun.



The news of the ballistic missile launch that was fired in Pyongyang's Sunan yesterday, I can't find it.



The Korean Central News Agency, the state-run media for external use, also did not report on the matter.



North Korea remains silent despite the military authorities' analysis that North Korea has fired Hwasong-15, Type 17, and ICBM-class intercontinental ballistic missiles.



This is unusual, given that the launch scene was usually released and publicized the next day.



A representative example of a missile that was consistently silent even after firing is the case of a failed launch, as in the case of the Hwasong-17 type aerial explosion in March.



However, unlike at the time, the South Korean and US intelligence authorities have not issued an assessment so far that the launch was a failure.



The ballistic missile has a flight range of 470 km and a maximum altitude of 780 km.



Compared to the trajectory of existing ICBM-class missiles, it flew low and short.



The trajectory produced when the first stage rocket is combusted is similar to when North Korea claimed to have conducted so-called satellite development tests twice this year.



Our military is not ruling out the possibility that North Korea will claim that it is a satellite launch test again.



It is unclear whether North Korea will continue to remain silent.



It's rare, but it's still possible to report it all at once after a follow-up launch.



In the case of cruise missiles launched on January 25, North Korea reported in three days in combination with the launch of a surface-to-surface tactical missile two days later.



The U.S. State Department said the launch, like recent ICBM launches, clearly violated UN Security Council resolutions.



(Video coverage: Park Young-il, Video editing: Kim Byeong-jik)