North Korea launches hypersonic ballistic missile. South Korea wants to respond harshly
According to the South Korean General Staff, North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missile flew about 4,500 km with an apogee of about 970 km, reaching a speed of Mach 17 before crashing into the Pacific Ocean, at about 2800 nautical miles east of Korea, after traveling over Japan. The JSC added that South Korea and US intelligence authorities are still analyzing further details.
South Korea also said that North Korea's consecutive provocations regarding missile launches strengthen the response capability of the South Korea-US alliance and intensify North Korea's isolation from the international community.
South Korea has criticized North Korea's ballistic missile launch, stating that it is a deterrent to the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula and the international community, and strongly condemns it as a clear violation of the resolutions. of the United Nations Security Council.
The president of South Korea also intervened, promising a "stern response" to North Korea's missile launch. It is not clear what response Seoul will implement, although defensive agreements with Washington and Tokyo will certainly be further tightened in defensive function. in the meantime, some activists opposed to the Northern regime have restarted the "Balloon Campaign", throwing balloons with propaganda and medical material, necessary for the North, from the border between the two Koreas. An activity so far discouraged by Seoul, precisely in order not to provoke the north, but which could now accelerate.
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