Allies believe North Korea launched Hwasong
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The alleged test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from an undisclose
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The alleged test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from an undisclosed location in North Korea, March 24, is seen in this photo distributed by the North Korean government. AP-Yonhap |
South Korea and the United States regard North Korea as having disguised its launch of an existing intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week as that of a new larger one, informed sources said Sunday.
The allies believe that the North again tested a Hwasong-15 ICBM, Thursday, the same type it fired in late 2017, according to the sources. The North has publicly claimed success in the launch of a Hwasong-17 missile.
Their intelligence analysis suggested that like the Hwasong-15, the ICBM in question had two engine nozzles, whereas the Hwasong-17 has four nozzles. The engine combustion time of the first-stage rocket was also similar to that of the Hwasong-15.
The analysis was based on data from the allies' intelligence assets, including from a satellite equipped with infrared thermal sensors.
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The South Korean military said that in the latest test, the ICBM ― fired at an elevated angle ― traveled some 1,080 kilometers at an apogee of over 6,200 kilometers.
It represented progress given that the Hwasong-15 missile flew some 960 km at a top altitude of around 4,500 kilometers in the 2017 launch.
But the military authorities here downplayed the projectile fired last week as an apparent Hwasong-15 missile with a lighter warhead designed to appear to have a trajectory and range similar to the Hwasong-17.
Questions over the North's claim about its latest ICBM launch emerged as the North's photo of the latest test showed the missile rising up through a clear blue sky in Pyongyang though it was cloudy in the North Korean capital at the time of the alleged launch.
Observers said the North might have used a photo of an earlier ICBM test in its state media report on the purported Hwasong-17 launch. (Yonhap)
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