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North Korea claims it launched first spy satellite and promises more

A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong
A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong-1 is launched, as North Korean government claims, in a ... A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong-1 is launched, as North Korean government claims, in a location given as North Gyeongsang Province, North Korea in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on November 21, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS
A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong
A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong-1 is launched, as North Korean government claims, in a ... A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong-1 is launched, as North Korean government claims, in a location given as North Gyeongsang Province, North Korea in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on November 21, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS

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North Korea, defying international censure from the U.S. and its allies, claimed to have successfully launched its first spy satellite into space on Tuesday and promised to launch others soon.

The first countries to report the launch were South Korea and Japan, whose officials said they could not immediately confirm whether a satellite had been launched into orbit. According to Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, the U.S. military was still determining the success or failure of the launch.

In response to the announcement from North Korea, South Korea said it would suspend certain aspects of an inter-Korean agreement until 2018 that was intended to reduce military tensions, according to its Yonhap news agency.

According to a statement from the South Korean National Security Council, which Yonhap quoted, the action would entail resuming reconnaissance and surveillance activities near the military boundary between the two nations.

The Malligyong-1 satellite was launched on a Chollima-1 rocket from the Sohae satellite launch complex at 10:42 p.m. (1342 GMT) and entered orbit at 10:54 p.m. (1354 GMT), according to North Korea’s official news agency, KCNA. KCNA cited the National Aerospace Technology Administration of North Korea.

After two unsuccessful attempts to launch what it claimed to be spy satellites earlier this year, North Korea had already informed Japan that it intended to send a satellite between Wednesday and December 1.

The launch, according to spokeswoman Adrienne Watson for the U.S. National Security Council, “raises tensions and risks destabilizing the security situation in the region and beyond” and is “a brazen violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions.”

According to Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, North Korea is prohibited by U.N. resolutions from deploying ballistic missile technology, which was used in the launch.

This Tuesday’s launch would be the first since Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to assist Pyongyang in building satellites during a September summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Russia’s state-of-the-art space complex.

According to South Korean officials, Moscow most certainly provided technical support for the most recent attempt at launch as part of an expanding collaboration that has seen North Korea transport millions of artillery shells to Russia. North Korea and Russia have acknowledged no such arms sales but have made public commitments to greater cooperation.

Kim Jong Un is believed to have personally witnessed the launch, according to KCNA. The launch occurred just over a week before South Korea was scheduled to launch its first spy satellite into space on a Falcon 9 rocket run by the American company Space X.

According to the article, North Korea’s space service plans to launch several spy satellites soon to maintain its ability to monitor South Korea and other areas of importance to its armed forces.

According to KCNA, “North Korea has a legitimate right to launch a reconnaissance satellite to strengthen its self-defense capabilities.” It would also improve the nation’s military readiness against any “dangerous military moves” by its adversaries.

Following the failed attempt at launch in May, South Korea said it had limited utility as a surveillance platform after recovering the satellite’s wreckage from the ocean.

Although “observational” satellites launched by the North reached orbit in 2012 and 2016, Marco Langbroek, a satellite expert at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, said it is unclear whether they were ever fully functioning and that both burned up in the atmosphere this year.

Experts claim that North Korea may be able to observe American, South Korean, and Japanese forces from a distance for the first time with even a basic satellite system.

Ankit Panda of the US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace stated that while having this technology might enable the nuclear-armed North to target its missiles in the event of a conflict, it might also help to offer some security and stability due to better intelligence regarding the movements of partner troops.

IMMEDIATE ALARMS

The military of South Korea stated that it thought the missile was fired toward the south and included a reconnaissance satellite.

The Japanese government advised Okinawan citizens to seek shelter underground or within buildings using its emergency radio system. Later, it was claimed that the rocket removed its emergency alert and soared over and beyond Okinawa toward the Pacific Ocean.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated to the media upon reaching his office that North Korea’s launch was a breach of resolutions by the U.N. Security Council and a threat to the security of Japanese nationals.

“We have lodged a stern protest and condemned North Korea in the strongest terms,” he stated.

Earlier Tuesday, Kishida stated that his nation’s defense systems, including PAC-3 air defense missiles and Aegis warships, were prepared for any “unexpected situation.”

According to the Coast Guard, which cited the defense ministry, Japan did not take action to destroy the rocket.

According to South Korea’s military, South Korea, Japan, and the U.S. worked together to preposition Aegis destroyers that tracked the launch and exchanged data.


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