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Old 03-22-2017, 11:25 AM
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Arrow US, South Korea say North Korea’s latest missile launch ends in failure

US, South Korea say North Korea’s latest missile launch ends in failure
By: AP Soul
RE: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/fron.../23/2003667300

North Korea’s latest missile launch yesterday ended in failure, while the US sent a supersonic bomber streaking over South Korea in a show of force against the North, officials said.

The reported launch failure comes as the North angrily reacts to ongoing annual US-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal.

Earlier this month, North Korea fired four ballistic missiles that landed in waters off Japan, triggering strong protests from Seoul and Tokyo.

The US military detected what it assessed as a failed North Korean missile launch yesterday morning, the US Pacific Command said in a statement.

It said the missile “appears to have exploded within seconds of launch.”

The South Korean Ministry of National Defense said it also believes the launch from the eastern coastal town of Wonsan ended in failure.

It said it was analyzing what type of missile was launched.

The failure might mean that the missile is a newly developed one the North has not deployed, South Korean media said.

Last year, the country suffered a series of embarrassing failed launches of its new medium-range Musudan missile before it successfully test-fired one.

A US Air Force B-1B bomber and South Korean fighter jets yesterday also conducted joint training exercises that displayed “strong deterrence against North Korean nuclear and missile threats,” the South Korean defense ministry said.

The US military said the training was held after the bomber staged a similar exercise with Japanese fighter jets.

The US often sends powerful warplanes in times of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, which remains in a technical state of war because the 1950 to 1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

About 28,500 US soldiers are deployed in South Korea.

North Korea is pushing hard to upgrade its weapons systems to cope with what it calls US hostility. Many weapons experts say the North could have a functioning nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the continental US within a few years. North Korea carried out two nuclear tests last year.

US defense officials on Tuesday said that the US military was expecting another North Korean missile launch in the next several days.

The officials said the US had increased its surveillance over the North and had detected a North Korean missile launcher being moved, as well as the construction of VIP seating in Wonsan.

On Sunday, the North claimed a major breakthrough in its rocket development program, saying it had conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine.

Washington, Seoul and others view the North’s space program as a cover for its banned long-range missile development program.
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