North Korea is preparing for another missile test. This conclusion was reached by the South Korean military. On Monday, September 4, they reported that they documented the activity of their northern neighbor, which indicates the intention to demonstrate to the surrounding military power.
The DPRK is preparing to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile in the direction of the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, the message of the South Korean Defense Ministry. As Seoul believes, Pyongyang intends to once again declare the United States and the world as a whole its right to have nuclear weapons and their means of delivery.
Earlier, the DPRK issued information on the testing of a hydrogen warhead intended for equipping intercontinental ballistic missiles. It was reported that the order to carry out the blast was given personally by the leader of the nation Kim Jong Eun. The launch was successful, no radiation leakage or other negative impact on the environment occurred, reported in Pyongyang.
In Seoul, they said that information about testing a hydrogen bomb still requires additional verification. At the same time, experts have no doubt that a powerful explosion at the test site in the north-eastern part of the DPRK was committed. This is confirmed, in particular, by the data of the Korean Meteorological Agency, which recorded ground tremors with a magnitude of 5.6 at about 12. 30 local time (06. 30 MSK) near the city of Kilchzh in the province of Hamgen-Pukto, near the polygon Phungery. Japanese experts estimated the explosion power of 70 kilotons.
As a response, Seoul carried out its missile exercises, during which the launch of real combat charges from aircraft and ground installations. The charges, of course, were non-nuclear, but this was enough to give the neighbor a signal about the readiness to bomb his military targets. In addition, South Korea announced its intention to deploy on its territory four more launchers of the US missile defense system THAAD. Two are already located in Songju.
Russia together with China, India, Brazil and South Africa condemned the nuclear tests of the DPRK. At the same time, in the joint declaration of BRICS leaders there is concern about the tension around the Korean Peninsula.
The document emphasizes that the problem can be solved exclusively through peaceful dialogue of all stakeholders. "Much depends on our American colleagues, who, unfortunately, are still more inclined to speak the language of sanctions, at times a language of threats, than to seek a solution with diplomatic tools," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.. At the end of August, Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean over the territory of Japan. She took the air 14 minutes and sank at 1180 km from Hokkaido.