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North Korea conducts 4th round of missile tests in 1 week PTI, Oct 1, 2022, 11:22 AM IST Representative Image (Source: ANI) Seoul: North Korea on Saturday test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles, its neighbours said, the fourth round this week of weapons launches that prompted quick, strong condemnation from its rivals. In an unusually strong rebuke of North Korea’s weapons programs, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said North Korea’s “obsession” with nuclear weapons is deepening the suffering of its own people, and warned of an “overwhelming response” from South Korean and US militaries should such weapons be used. “North Korea hasn’t abandoned its obsession with nukes and missiles despite the persistent international objection in the past 30 years,” Yoon said during an Armed Forces Day ceremony. “The development of nuclear weapons will plunge the lives of North Korean people in further pains.” “If North Korea attempts to use nukes, it’ll face a resolute, overwhelming response by the South Korea-US alliance and our military,” Yoon said. Yoon’s comments could enrage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has alleged that Yoon’s government was led by “confrontation maniacs” and “gangsters”. Kim has already rebuffed Yoon’s offers of massive aid and support plans in return for denuclearisation. The North’s testing spree this week is seen as a response to recent naval drills between South Korea and the US and their other training that involved Japan. North Korea views such military exercises by the allies as an invasion rehearsal and argues they reveal US and South Korean “double standards” because they brand the North’s weapons tests as provocation. On Saturday, South Korea, Japanese and US militaries said they detected the two North Korean missile launches. South Korea said the liftoffs occurred from North Korea’s capital region. According to South Korean and Japanese estimates, the missiles flew about 350-400 kilometres (220-250 miles) at a maximum altitude of 30-50 kilometres (20-30 miles) before they landed in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Toshiro Ino, Japan’s vice defense minister, the missiles showed “irregular” trajectory. Some observers say the weapons’ reported low and “irregular” trajectory suggest they were likely nuclear-capable, highly maneuverable missiles modelled after Russia’s Iskander missile. They say North Korea has developed the Iskander-like missiles to defeat South Korean and US missile defences and strike key targets in South Korea, including US military bases there. The five other ballistic missiles fired by North Korea on three occasions this week show similar trajectories to the ones detected Saturday. “The repeated ballistic missile firings by North Korea are a grave provocation that undermines peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the international community,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. Toshiro Ino, Japan’s vice defence minister, called the launches “absolutely impermissible”, adding that four rounds of missile testing by North Korea in a week is “unprecedented”. The US Indo-Pacific Command said the launches highlight “the destabilising impact” of North Korea’s unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes. On Friday, South Korea, Japan, and the US held their first trilateral anti-submarine drills in five years off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast. Earlier this week, South Korean and US warships conducted bilateral exercises in the area for four days. Both military drills this week involved the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and its battle group. The North Korean missile tests this week also bookended US Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit on Thursday to South Korea, where she reaffirmed the US’ “ironclad” commitment to the security of its Asian allies. This year, North Korea has carried out a record number of missile tests in what experts call an attempt to expand its weapons arsenal amid stalled nuclear diplomacy with the US. The weapons tested this year included nuclear-capable missiles with the ability to reach the US mainland, South Korea and Japan. North Korea adopted a new law in September authorising the preemptive use of nuclear weapons in certain situations, a move that shows its escalatory nuclear doctrine. South Korean and US officials say North Korea has also completed preparations to conduct a nuclear test, which would be its first in five years. Experts say Kim Jong Un eventually wants to use the enlarged nuclear arsenal to pressure the US and others accept his country as a legitimate nuclear state, a recognition he views as necessary to win the lifting of international sanctions and other concessions. Multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions ban North Korea from testing ballistic missiles and nuclear devices. The country’s missile launches this year are seen as exploiting a divide at the UN council over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and US-China competitions. In May, China and Russia vetoed a US-led attempt to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its ballistic missile launches. “North Korea’s frequent short-range missile tests may strain the isolated state’s resources. But because of deadlock on the UN Security Council, they are a low-cost way for the Kim regime to signal its displeasure with Washington and Seoul’s defence exercises while playing the domestic politics of countering an external threat,” said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news. 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उत्तर कोरियाले परीक्षण गरेको केही घण्टाभित्रै दक्षिण कोरियाद्वारा ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइल परीक्षण, किमकी बहिनीको चेतावनी 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 । कमेन्ट कमेन्ट गर्नुहोस् तपाईको ईमेल गोप्य राखिनेछ रातोपाटीको अंग्रेजी, हिन्दी र ग्लोबल संस्करणका साथै अनलाइन टिभी पनि सञ्चालित छ । एप्सबाट सिधै समाचार पढ्न एन्ड्रोइडका लागि यहाँ र आइफोनका लागि यहाँ क्लिक गर्नुहोस् । फेसबुक र ट्वीटरमार्फत पनि हामीसँग जोडिन सकिनेछ ।