North Korea Launches Missile Days Before South Korean Presidential Election

It will be interesting to see if North Korea tries and claims this is a space launch like they did on their last missile test? Who launches supposed satellites into space from a TEL?:

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, in the latest flare-up of tensions just four days ahead of the presidential election here.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch from around the Sunan area in Pyongyang at 8:48 a.m. and that the missile flew around 270 kilometers at a top altitude of 560 km.

The latest launch, the North’s ninth show of force this year, came less than a week after it claimed to have conducted a “reconnaissance satellite” development test that the South called a ballistic missile launch.

“The North’s recent series of ballistic missile launches are a significant threat to not only the international community but also peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula,” the JCS said in a text message sent to reporters. “We strongly urge the North to immediately stop them.”

The North appears to have launched the missile at a steep angle from a Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) from the Sunan airfield, a JCS official said.

Yonhap

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