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(5th LD) N. Korea says it tested new rocket system, not missiles (ATTN: ADDS experts' analysis on weapons type in paras 9-12) By Koh Byung-joon and Oh Seok-min SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Thursday it tested a new rocket system in launches conducted the previous day, raising questions about South Korea's assessment that the communist nation is believed to have fired short-range ballistic missiles. Leader Kim Jong-un "guided a test-fire of a newly developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system on July 31," the Korean Central News Agency said. "The test-fire scientifically confirmed that the tactical data and technical characteristics of the new-type large-caliber guided ordnance rocket reached the numerical values of its design, and verified the combat effectiveness of the overall system," the KCNA said. "After learning about the result of the test-fire, (Kim Jong-un) said that it is very great and it would be an inescapable distress to the forces becoming a fat target of the weapon," it added. The KCNA did not mention any country as its potential target, but the report appears to be referring to Seoul, which is apparently within the range of the weapon. Other North Korean media outlets, including the Rodong Sinmun, the North's official newspaper, also reported on Wednesday's launches and provided multiple photos of the tested weapons, but major parts were blurred out, apparently to avoid revealing sensitive information. The reports came a day after South Korea's military said that North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast early on Wednesday, saying they were estimated to have flown about 250 kilometers at an approximate altitude of 30 km. Hours later, South Korea held a National Security Council (NSC) meeting and expressed "strong" concerns over the launches, urging Pyongyang to stop acts that could heighten tensions and hamper efforts to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. Based upon the analysis of the photos, however, experts said that the weapons appear to be a multiple rocket launcher system, not missiles, which employs a larger caliber than its previous 300-mm version. "North Korea appears to have remodeled its 300mm multiple rocket launcher, or KN-09, though it bears some similarities to China's 400-mm launcher," Shin Jong-woo, a senior analyst at the Korea Defense Security Forum in Seoul, said. The new launcher system was seen fired being from a caterpillar-type transporter erector launcher (TEL) which can carry a maximum of six launching tubes, while the 300-mm launcher uses a wheeled-type TEL with eight tubes, he added. North Korea has been working to improve its multiple rocket launchers by adding some features of guided missiles, and it is expected to test-fire the new weapon on several more occasions down the road, according to the experts. Asked about differences in its analysis of the weapons type from what North Korea claimed to have test-fired, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) maintained its earlier assessment. "The South Korean and the U.S. intelligence authorities so far believe that they showed flight features similar to those of a new type of short-range ballistic missiles," JCS spokesman Col. Kim Jun-rak told a regular briefing. "The final determination on their exact type will be made after South Korean and the U.S. authorities wrap up comprehensive joint analysis into various related information," he added. The latest launches came six days after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the same area into the East Sea in its first provocation since May. Following last week's missile tests, North Korea called the launches a "demonstration of power" aimed at sending a "solemn" warning to South Korea over its joint military drills with the U.S. slated for this month and purchase of high-tech fighter jets from the ally. The series of weapons tests come as Washington has sought to restart working-level talks on dismantling the North's nuclear and ballistic missile programs in line with an agreement reached when U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim held a surprise meeting June 30 at the inter-Korean border. Despite the North's recent weapons tests, the U.S. has remained upbeat about the prospects for talks with the North, with Trump dismissing last week's missiles as "smaller ones" that many countries test. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also said Monday (Washington time) he hoped the discussions will resume "very soon." Calling the weapons tested this week missiles, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Wednesday that the launches do not represent a violation of leader Kim's promise not to conduct long-range missile tests. Bolton, known for his hawkish views on North Korea, questioned the regime's seriousness about resuming denuclearization talks, however, as he spoke to Fox Business. "The firing of these missiles don't violate the pledge that Kim Jong-un made to (U.S. President Donald Trump) about intercontinental-range ballistic missiles," he said, referring to the North Korean leader's pledge to suspend nuclear and long-range missile tests. According to U.S. news reports, North Korean and U.S. officials held a secret meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom last week, where the North Koreans expressed a willingness to resume working-level nuclear talks very soon. kokobj@yna.co.kr Korea's SLBM drive aimed at regime survival, military edge, negotiation leverage: analysts Korea's suspension from Olympics augurs ill for Seoul's peace efforts IOC suspension of N. Korea latest wrinkle in inter-Korean sports cooperation Hotline restoration raises hopes for inter-Korean summit, resumption of nuclear talks Korea's withdrawal from Tokyo Olympics dampens hope for renewing inter-Korean sports cooperation
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काठमाडौं । उत्तर कोरिया र दक्षिण कोरियाले केही घण्टाको अन्तरालमा नै ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको परीक्षण गरेका छन् । ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको यो परीक्षणका साथै प्रायद्वीपमा हतियारको विषयमा चलेको होडबाजीले तीब्रता पाएको छ । उत्तर कोरियाले आफ्नो पूर्वी तटमा दुई ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइल दाग्यो । पछिल्लो ६ महिनामा मिसाइल परीक्षणको यो पहिलो मामिला हो र साथै यो संयुक्त राष्ट्रको प्रस्तावको उल्लंघन पनि हो । यसअघि दक्षिण कोरिया र चीनले उत्तर कोरियाको परमाणु विषयमाथि चर्चा पनि गरेका थिए । यो मिसाइल परीक्षणलाई यो वार्तासँग जोडेर पनि हेरिएको छ । उत्तर कोरियाको परीक्षणको केही घण्टा पछि नै दक्षिण कोरियाले पनि आफ्नो पहिलो पनडुब्बी–प्रक्षेपित ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको परीक्षण गर्यो । यद्यपि, दक्षिण कोरियाको तर्फबाट एसएलबीएमको नामबाट परिचित यो मिसाइलको परीक्षण पहिला नै हुने निश्चित थियो । यो उत्तर कोरियाको परीक्षणको प्रतिक्रिया होइन । यो परीक्षणका साथै दक्षिण कोरियामा यस्तो प्रकारका प्रविधिमा सक्षम दुनियाँको सातौं देश बनेको छ । परीक्षणका बेला राष्ट्रपति मून जे–इन पनि उपस्थित थिए । यसबारे प्रतिक्रिया दिँदै उनले भने, ‘दक्षिण कोरियासँग अब उत्तर कोरियाको उक्साहटको जवाफ दिनका लागि पर्याप्त स्रोत साधन छन् ।’ उनले थपे, ‘दक्षिण कोरिया कुनै पनि समय उत्तर कोरियाको उक्साहटको जवाफ दिन सक्षम छ । हामी हाम्रो हतियार कार्यक्रमलाई जारी राख्नेछौं ।’ सरकारी समाचार एजेन्सी केसीएनएका अनुसार दक्षिण कोरियाको बयानमाथि उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम जोङ उनकी बहिनी किम यो जोंगले आलोचना गरेकी छिन् । उनले दक्षिण कोरियाको टिप्पणीलाई अतार्किक बताएका छन् । उनले यसका कारण सम्झौता टुट्न सक्ने चेतावनी दिएकी छिन् ।