North Korea confirmed that it launched a ballistic missile Hwasong-12 The fact that the DPRK on Sunday morning allegedly launched a ballistic missile, Japan and South Korea reported. In Pyongyang, almost a day later, this information was confirmed, noting that the Hwasong-12 rocket was launched

North Korea confirmed on Monday that it launched the Hwasong-12 ballistic missile on Sunday, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported, citing the KCNA.

The purpose of the launch was to “evaluate the projectile produced.” As a result, “accuracy, safety and efficiency” the missiles were confirmed, the KCNA notes. South Korea expressed concern that Pyongyang is close to lifting a voluntary moratorium on nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile tests. For the first time, the DPRK tested a missile of this type in May 2017. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, after another missile launch, announced US readiness for negotiations with North Korea and commitment to denuclearization Korean Peninsula. Matsuno said that the actions of the republic violate the resolutions of the UN Security Council and pose a threat to the security of the country, the region and the international community. The government of Japan protested to the DPRK. Then the range of the rocket was 787 km, the altitude – more than 2 thousand km. Japan and South Korea convened meetings of national security councils, with President Moon Jae-in chairing the meeting in the second country for the first time in a year. In both countries, it was assumed that the projectile was a ballistic missile. According to the South Korean military, the rocket reached a speed of 16 times the speed of sound. Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said that the projectile flew about 800 km, the maximum flight altitude was about 2 thousand km. The first such document was adopted in 2006 and implied a ban on the import to and export from North Korea of ​​missiles, materials and technologies for their production. The military already indicated that the missile resembles the Hwasong-12 tested by the DPRK in 2017. Subsequently, the package of sanctions expanded. The fact that North Korea launched an unidentified projectile towards the Sea of ​​Japan was reported by the Japanese and South Korean military the day before. Subscribe to Instagram RBC Get news faster than anyone else

Источник rbc.ru The launch was the seventh this year. Hwasong 12 – medium-range intercontinental ballistic missile. The launch was believed to have taken place from the Chagang Province region. On January 13, the United States proposed to impose new sanctions through the UN due to the increased frequency of missile launches by the DPRK: Washington stressed that each of them violates Security Council resolutions.