Pyongyang told the Japan Coast Guard that a missile would be launched between May 31 and June 11.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published on 05/29/2023 at 23:55
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North Korea on Tuesday confirmed the launch of a military spy satellite in June to “counter dangerous military action by the United States,” according to official agency KCNA. The “Number 1 military reconnaissance satellite” will be “launched in June” to “deal with the dangerous military actions of the United States and its vassals,” said Ri Pyong Chol, vice chairman of the party’s Central Military Commission. in power, quoted by KCNA.
Japan announced Monday that it had been notified by North Korea of an upcoming satellite launch, a project the Japanese government said would mask a ballistic missile launch. According to Tokyo, Pyongyang told the Japan Coast Guard that a missile would be launched between May 31 and June 11 and is expected to be in an area near the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and east of China on the island of Luzon in the Philippines will land.
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North Korea has previously tested ballistic missiles, which it qualified as satellite launches, in 2012 and then 2016, flying over the island department of Okinawa in southern Japan. The development of a reconnaissance satellite was one of Pyongyang’s key defense plans unveiled by Kim Jong Un last year.