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MOSCOW, July 4. /TASS/. Launched on Tuesday, the North Korean ballistic missile did not pose a danger to Russia – she was flying in the other direction. During the flight, the rocket climbed to an altitude of 535 kilometers, and not on the alleged DPRK 2802 kilometers, which corresponds to the characteristics of medium-range missiles, said the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation.
“The launch was made in the direction of the Russian border and the danger to the Russian Federation is not represented. Parametric flight data ballistic targets correspond to the performance characteristics of a ballistic missile medium-range”, – stated in the message Department.
According to the defense Ministry, the missile North Korea “climbed to an altitude of 535 km and flew about 510 km, falling in the Central part of the sea of Japan”.
The Ministry stressed that the Russian system of missile warning was recorded and tracked the missile launch.
“Launch of a ballistic missile launched July 4 at 3:46 MSK from the North Korean polygon was recorded and tracked by means of the Russian system of missile warning,” – said there.
That said, DPRK
Earlier Tuesday, the DPRK announced the first successful launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile “Hanson-14”. The statement noted that the maximum altitude of the rocket amounted to 2802 km, it flew 933 km.
14 may, North Korea conducted a launch of a ballistic missile, which flew about 800 km and fell 400 km from the main territory of Japan outside its exclusive economic zone. Then the maximum height of its flight was about two thousand km. it was Also noted that it might belong to a new type of arms.