For the first time the DPRK tested an Intercontinental ballistic missile
The launch was made before the G20 summit, which the U.S. plans to raise the North Korean issue.
Moscow. The 4th of July. INTERFAX.RU — Pyongyang announced about the first test of an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). A message was distributed on Tuesday, the Central TV of the DPRK.
Rocket “And 14”, for a start, which was observed by the head of state, Kim Jong UN, flew 933 km and reached an altitude of 2802 m.
Earlier that held earlier Tuesday, North Korea test could be a test of an ICBM, said the U.S. and South Korea. So, American scientist in the field of missile technology David Wright told the Associated Press that given the time, altitude and flight range ballistic missile, launched Tuesday by North Korea, the choice of an appropriate trajectory could reach Alaska.
The President of South Korea, moon Jae-In on the basis of the South Korean military data analysis of rocket flight said that it could refer to the class of ICBMs.
According to the South Korean Agency Yonhap, North Korea launched a ballistic missile in the direction of the East China sea around 9:40 local time (3:40 Moscow time) from the base of the Banghyon in the province’s Do, which is near the border with China. The message on the start-up was confirmed by the Ministry of defense of Japan, which said that the rocket fell in its exclusive economic zone.
Observers have noticed that the missile launch was made on the eve of the G20 summit, where, as expected, the North Korean problem will be to actively raise the United States.