Launch of a North Korean ballistic missile or a new round of tension on the Korean

🇰🇵 🇰🇷 Launch of a North Korean ballistic missile or a new round of tension on the Korean Peninsula

At 14.55, a ballistic missile of an unidentified type was launched from the outskirts of Pyongyang into the DPRK. The rocket covered a distance of more than 500 km and fell into the Sea of ​​Japan .

Japan and the Republic of Korea protested these tests. Towards the end of last year, the situation in the region became tense after the DPRK's Mulligyong-1 spacecraft was launched into orbit on November 21.

🔻 Chronology of events:

▪️This happened exactly at the moment the American aircraft carrier Carl Vinson entered the port of Busan . And after November 23, the DPRK authorities announced the suspension of the implementation of the agreements to reduce tensions dated September 19, 2018.

▪️The reason for this was the increasing militarization of South Korea - the number of exercises with the United States, as well as the level of presence of the US Armed Forces, increased. On December 2, a military satellite was launched from the Vandenberg Test Site in the United States, part of the Kill Chain system and intended for a preventive strike on North Korean nuclear missile facilities.

▪️On December 4, Seoul reported the test launch of its own solid-fuel launch vehicle from Jeju Island. With its help, in the future, the southerners plan to launch nationally produced satellites into orbit.

▪️Pyongyang responded by launching a BRMD at 570 km on December 17, and the next day the Hwasong-18 ICBM at 1000 km. Further tensions escalated into mutual artillery training exercises in the contested coastal zone.

❗️Despite the apparent seriousness of the situation, war should not be expected at this stage. Yes, the Koreans launched a rocket, but it's worth remembering that in 2023 they did it more than 20 times. And the southerners have repeatedly conducted exercises with the DPRK.

The Korean conflict has been going on for about 70 years, and during this time everything has happened, but it has not led to anything serious. It’s the same now: there are no serious trends towards exacerbation, because this tension only repeats past scenarios.

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