She said north korea And the South Korean and Japanese armies, which tracked the missile’s path in space before it fell into the ocean between Japan andRussiaThe missile that was launched yesterday, Thursday, flew at a higher altitude than any missile it has launched Pyongyang Previously.
North Korea’s Central News Agency praised the missile, saying it was “the most powerful strategic missile in the world.”
There are questions about North Korea’s ability to direct and protect such a missile Nuclear warhead It carries it during its re-entry into the atmosphere Hwaseong-19 He showed that he has the range to hit almost anywhere in the United States, such as Ballistic missiles The transcontinental precedent launched by North Korea.
The news agency quoted the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “The new-type intercontinental ballistic missile proved to the world that our dominant position in developing and manufacturing means to deliver nuclear weapons is absolutely irreversible,” he said while supervising the launch.
The missile launch, which comes a few days before the US presidential elections scheduled for Tuesday, quickly sparked condemnations from Washington and its allies in the country. South Korea andJapan Europe as well as the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
A spokesman for South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles relations with the North, said the missile launch may have been for several purposes, including as a show. Military technology And put pressure on Washington and divert attention from the issue of sending North Korean forces to Russia.
