Posted on Mar 31, 2022
North Korean ICBM Launch May Have Been Fake. It’s Still Important.
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When North Korea conducted its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile test to date last week, it said it launched the Hwasong-17, its newest and biggest ICBM. In a propaganda blitz, the country’s state media released a Hollywood-style video of its leader, Kim Jong-un, personally guiding the test launch in a sleek leather jacket and sunglasses at Pyongyang International Airport.
South Korea now says it may have been a ruse.
In a report to the National Assembly on Tuesday, the South Korean Defense Ministry endorsed what some analysts had already suspected: North Korea actually fired its older Hwasong-15 ICBM — which was tested in 2017 — and exaggerated Mr. Kim’s weapons achievements by falsely claiming a successful Hwasong-17 launch.
South Korea now says it may have been a ruse.
In a report to the National Assembly on Tuesday, the South Korean Defense Ministry endorsed what some analysts had already suspected: North Korea actually fired its older Hwasong-15 ICBM — which was tested in 2017 — and exaggerated Mr. Kim’s weapons achievements by falsely claiming a successful Hwasong-17 launch.
North Korean ICBM Launch May Have Been Fake. It’s Still Important.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"Did North Korea’s latest missile launch violate UN Security Council resolutions?
Hwasong-17 or not, the North’s latest missile launch still violated U.N. resolutions and the country’s self-imposed moratorium on ICBM tests. It also demonstrated significant technological advances. The missile soared 3,852 miles into space, compared with an altitude of 2,796 miles that the Hwasong-15 achieved in its last test in November 2017."
"Did North Korea’s latest missile launch violate UN Security Council resolutions?
Hwasong-17 or not, the North’s latest missile launch still violated U.N. resolutions and the country’s self-imposed moratorium on ICBM tests. It also demonstrated significant technological advances. The missile soared 3,852 miles into space, compared with an altitude of 2,796 miles that the Hwasong-15 achieved in its last test in November 2017."
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And —> a mobile unit on a “good will” parade performance in NOLA
https://www.notesonneworleans.net/new-orleans-culture/dictators-dancin-darlins-bring-north-korean-dictator-kim-jong-un-to-new-orleans-mardi-gras-2015/
https://www.notesonneworleans.net/new-orleans-culture/dictators-dancin-darlins-bring-north-korean-dictator-kim-jong-un-to-new-orleans-mardi-gras-2015/
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