<Anchor>
Let's talk about North Korea's missile launch today with Ahn Jung-sik, a reporter specializing in North Korea.
Reporter Ahn Jung-sik is with me.
Yesterday (17th), a short-range ballistic missile was launched.
Today, it hasn't been confirmed yet, but isn't it estimated to be an ICBM, or long-range ballistic missile?
If this is confirmed as a long-range ballistic missile, how long has it been since you launched an ICBM-class missile?
<Reporter>
There should be an official announcement from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, such as the range or altitude, but if you look at foreign reports, it is said that it fell inside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
Then, since it was launched from Sunan, it flew quite far.
And if you look at it, the flight time goes over almost an hour, so it seems that the ICBM-class missile was launched because it is being talked like this.
Now, North Korea fired an ICBM-class missile on the 3rd at that time, a long-range ICBM-class missile was fired in the Sunan area of Pyongyang. The military judged that it could not fly normally and crashed.
It was until the second stage separation, but it was understood that the final flight was not completed, but today we have to see whether the launch is a Hwasong-15 or a 17. I think I need to watch the announcement additionally.
<Anchor>
Then, as reporter Woori Ahn explained earlier, the missile launched today flew for about an hour and flew a considerable distance. Can you guess now?
<Reporter>
I think this part should come out a little later in the military, such as the altitude detected by our military or the range.
But now, North Korea has launched ICBMs in the past in 2017 or in March of this year, and the 15th type launched at the time, and in March of this year, North Korea claimed that it was the 17th type, but the South Korean military is laying the 15th type, and the maximum altitude is up to 6,200 km I went up and the flight distance came out to 1,090 km.
launched in March.
So, the launch today also flew quite far if it was inside Japan's exclusive economic zone. Did it fly higher than the maximum altitude of 6,248 km launched in March this year, or the flight distance was 1,090 km in March this year? , I think it will be judged whether it is Mars 15 or 17 by looking at these things.