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North Korea missiles 'a serious threat' after new tests Japan has warned North Korean missiles pose "a serious threat" after the country carried out new tests in defiance of international sanctions. North Korea launched two missiles within hours of each other, with one flying about 400km (250 miles) and reaching an altitude of 1,000km. A confirmed successful test would mark a step forward for North Korea after four failed launches in recent months. South Korea, the US and Nato have also expressed alarm over the latest tests. - What nuclear capability does the North have? - Is South Korea equipped to defend itself? - Special report: North Korea's missile programme Both launches are believed to have been intermediate-range Musudan missiles, whose range of about 3,000km is enough to hit South Korea, Japan and the US territory of Guam in the Western Pacific A suspected first launch failed, South Korean officials said, travelling about 150km before landing in the sea. But the second showed what Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani called "some capability". "I believe the missiles are a serious threat to our country," he said. North Korea, which is developing nuclear weapons, is banned by UN resolutions from any use of ballistic missile technology. In January it conducted its fourth nuclear test, claiming it as its first use of a hydrogen bomb. Shortly after that it launched a satellite, widely seen as a test of long-range missile technology. Washington watches on, by Jonathan Marcus, BBC Defence & Diplomatic Correspondent This is at least the fifth test of the Musudan medium-range missile in the past few months and while most have ended in failure, one of the latest pair fired does seem to have travelled at a high trajectory for some 400km. The Musudan appears to be based on the technology of an old Russian Soviet-era submarine launched missile. It is carried on a wheeled launcher and was first seen in parades back in 2003, though it was never test-fired until April of this year. Experts believe the weapon is intended to be able to strike US bases on Guam, but North Korea's ultimate goal is to be able to threaten the continental United States. North Korea's progress is mixed and erratic. But it is clearly determined and its missile and associated nuclear weapons programme means that its rocket tests are being carefully watched by Washington. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Seoul and the US were "carrying out an in-depth analysis" of the second missile, and did not say whether they considered it a success. Several analysts were less cautious though. Jeffrey Lewis, of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies, tweeted: "That's a successful test folks." In other reaction: - South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, condemned North Korea's "reckless provocations" - The US warned the tests would only increase international efforts to stop North Korea's weapons programme - Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the launches "undermine international security and dialogue" - China, North Korea's only major ally, said the North "should avoid doing anything to further worsen tensions". North Korea is thought to have dozens of Musudans but has never conducted a full-distance test. The four other missiles tested in the past two months either exploded mid-air or crashed. The Musudan missile - The Musudan, also known as the Nodong-B or the Taepodong-X, is an intermediate-range ballistic missile. - Estimates differ dramatically on its range, with Israeli intelligence putting it at 2,500km and the US Missile Defense Agency estimating about 3,200km. Other sources put its upper limit at 4,000km. - The lower range of the Musudan would enable it to hit the whole of South Korea and Japan. At its upper range it would be able to target US military bases on Guam.
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उत्तर कोरियाद्वारा फेरि क्षेप्यास्त्र परीक्षण उत्तर कोरियाले अर्को क्षेप्यास्त्र परीक्षण गरेको दक्षिण कोरियाली सेनाले जनाएको छ। स्थानीय समय अनुसार आइतबार अपरान्ह उक्त क्षेप्यास्त्र प्रक्षेपण गरिएको दक्षिण कोरियाको ज्वाइन्ट चिफ्स अफ स्टाफको कार्यालयले बताएको छ। यसअघि उत्तर कोरियाले प्रक्षेपण गरेका तीनवटा क्षेप्यास्त्रहरुको तुलनामा यो कम दूरीमा मार हान्ने क्षमताको भएको ह्वाइट हाउसले जनाएको छ। उत्तर कोरियाले ठूलो युद्धशीर्ष बोक्न सक्ने क्षेप्यास्त्र परीक्षण गरेको बताएको एक हप्तापछि अर्को परीक्षण गरेको हो। टाढासम्म गत सोमबारमात्रै संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघीय सुरक्षा परिषद्ले प्योङयाङलाई थप क्षेप्यास्त्र परीक्षणहरु नगर्न भनेको थियो। सुरक्षा परिषद्ले "ठोस कदममार्फत परमाणु अस्त्ररहित हुने इमानदार प्रतिबद्धता" उत्तर कोरियाले तत्काल देखाउनुपर्नेमा जोड दिएको थियो। दक्षिण कोरियाको ज्वाइन्ट चिफ्स अफ स्टाफको कार्यालयलाई उद्धृत गर्दै त्यहाँको समाचार संस्था योन्हापले जनाए अनुसार आइतबार प्रक्षेपण गरिएको क्षेप्यास्त्र ५०० किलोमिटर टाढासम्म पुगेको थियो। गत हप्ता परीक्षण गरिएको क्षेप्यास्त्रले चाहिँ ७०० किलोमिटरसम्मको दूरी तय गरेको थियो। उत्तर कोरियाले पारमाणिक अस्त्र र तिनलाई बोक्न सक्ने क्षेप्यास्त्रको पनि विकास गरिरहेको बताइन्छ। आपतकालीन उसले हालसम्म पाँचवटा पारमाणविक परीक्षण गरिसकेको छ। दुवै कदम संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको प्रतिबन्ध विपरीत हुन्। यसअघि आइतबार नै उत्तर कोरियाको सरकार नियन्त्रित सञ्चारमाध्यमले "अमेरिकासम्म मार हान्न सक्ने अस्त्रहरु" को थप परीक्षण जारी राखिने बताएको थियो। योन्हापका अनुसार उत्तर कोरियाले आइतबार गरेको क्षेप्यास्त्र परीक्षणपछि दक्षिण कोरियाका नवनिर्वाचित राष्ट्रपति मून जेइनले राष्ट्रिय सुरक्षा परिषद्को आपतकालीन बैठक बोलाएका छन्। बीबीसी संवादाता स्टिभ इभान्सका अनुसार उत्तर कोरियाले यस वर्ष परीक्षण गरेको देखिएको यो दशौं क्षेप्यास्त्र हो।