North Korea launches intermediate-range ballistic missile... presumed to be a new IRBM = South Korea

On the 14th, North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan (known in South Korea as the East Sea), increasing tensions. The launch was a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile (I) that North Korea is developing.
RBM). On the same day, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said, ``Around 2:55 p.m., a missile believed to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile was fired into the Sea of Japan from the Pyongyang area.
``The North Korean missile landed in the Sea of Japan after flying approximately 1,000 km.'' The Joint Chiefs of Staff then said, ``The South Korean military will immediately capture and track North Korean missile launches.
``We are closely sharing North Korean ballistic missile-related information with the US and Japan, and the details are currently being comprehensively analyzed.''
Military authorities have raised the possibility that this provocation was a test launch of a new type of IRBM that uses solid fuel.
I'm putting it down and analyzing it. Unlike liquid fuel missiles, there is no fuel injection process, so they can be launched quickly. Furthermore, it is known that the crossing distance is longer than that of liquids. North Korea is
Since last year, Japan has been developing a 3,000 km class intermediate-range missile IRBM aimed at the U.S. military base in Guam. Yang Moo-jin, a professor at North Korea Graduate University, said, ``This year, North Korea will expand its bases in Japan, Guam, etc.
It appears that the intention is to focus on improving the functionality of solid-fuel-based intermediate-range ballistic missiles that can neutralize the US military's major military bases in the Pacific.
This can be seen as securing rights." This is the first time North Korea has launched a ballistic missile this year. On December 18, last year, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) entered the Sea of Japan from the Pyongyang area.
It was the first time in 27 days since the ICBM was launched. North Korea carried out missile provocations on two consecutive days on December 17th and 18th last year. Also, from January 5th to 7th this year, Baek Ryong Island and Yongpyong Island will be visited.
They launched a maritime provocation by firing artillery for three days at islands located to the northwest, including Yeonpyeong Island. The launch was said to have taken place after the anti-China, pro-American Democratic Progressive Party (DP) won the presidential election in Taiwan.
There is also the possibility of an armed demonstration. Kim Heung-gyu, director of Ajou University's China Policy Research Institute, said, ``North Korea, which has a shared strategic understanding with China, is trying to prevent the US forces stationed in South Korea and Japan from concentrating on Taiwan.
There is a strong possibility that there will be provocations that will escalate military tensions this year."