North Korea’s
planned launch of a long-range rocket has set the world on edge, particularly
since the regime announced it would be attaching a satellite to its device that
would give it spy eyes in the sky.
The launch will put
what North Korea has named Kwangmyongson, or Bright Star, into the orbit, an
Earth observation satellite, the Associated Press reported. It’s due to go
forth between February 8 and February 27, the International Maritime
Organization said, citing a letter from Pyongyang.
The United States,
South Korea and Japan all expressed anger with the planned launch, with South
Korean presidential security adviser Cho Tae Yong warning the regime it would
pay a “severe price” for the move, AP reported. Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,
meanwhile, said to his country’s parliamentary members the missile launch is a
serious threat and potential provocation.
America issued a
statement denouncing the launch as well.
“This act would
violate numerous Security Council resolutions by utilizing proscribed ballistic
missile technology,” U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said to the
press, AP reported. “It also comes on the heels, as you know, of the January
6th nuclear test, which is itself an egregious violation of U.N. Security
Council resolutions.”
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This article
discusses a missile threat made by the North Koreans. This article does not
express a lot of information about the threat but that information might not be
available. This article is biased as it only expresses the views of countries
that are strongly opposed to this threat of launch. I think North Korea is
trying to establish itself as a viable threat to other nations and this is how
they chose to do that. The timing of this threat is a main part of this plan.
This threat comes directly after a nuclear test. This test establishes the
credibility of this threat. It will be interesting to see hoe the UN responds
to this threat.
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