South Korean military sources and the Japanese government had also indicated to local media that the missile had disappeared from radar before reaching the areas where the North Korean regime had warned at the beginning of the week of the possible fall of the various stages. of the rocket and its fairing. .
The North Korean launch triggered the activation of anti-missile alerts around 6:30 a.m. local time in Seoul and in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture (southwest), where the projectile is believed to have flown over, and urged possible evacuation of civilians.
Japanese authorities withdrew the alert within 20 minutes after considering there was no risk of an impact on national territory, while the Seoul metropolitan government also withdrew its recommendation to prepare for the evacuation.
Pionyang had confirmed the day before that it would launch a space rocket loaded with a military reconnaissance satellite from Sohae in the coming days, in line with its weapons modernization goals.
Seoul and Tokyo, who held emergency meetings to analyze the situation, have denounced that the launch would actually be a secret test to test ballistic missile technology, something punishable under US sanctions. UN those roads on Pyongyang.
Source: El heraldo
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