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El gráfico muestra detalles del misil Pukguksong-3 y submarinos de Corea del Norte.
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COREA DEL NORTE

Norcorea prueba nuevo misil balístico de lanzamiento desde submarino

By Jordi Bou

October 3, 2019 - Corea del Norte probó, desde una plataforma, un nuevo tipo de misil balístico de lanzamiento desde submarino (SLBM) – la más provocadora de sus pruebas de misiles desde que Pyongyang reanudó el diálogo con EUA en 2018.

South Korea’s military said the missile, called Pukguksong-3, flew 450km and reached an altitude of 910km. It flew on a southeasterly trajectory, landing in Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

If launched on a normal trajectory, the missile would have a maximum range capability of some 1,900km.

North Korea had been developing SLBM technology before it suspended long-range missile and nuclear tests and began talks with the United States that led to the first summit between Kim and Trump in Singapore in June 2018.

North Korea still has one seaworthy ballistic missile submarine, the Sinpo-class submarine, also called the Gorae. Another submarine –apparently based on a modification of one of Pyongyang’s older Romeo-class diesel-electric submarines – was revealed earlier this summer to be undergoing refurbishment and modification to serve a ballistic missile launch role.

Talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes have been stalled since a second summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam in February broke down in disagreement over nuclear disarmament.

North Korea fired the missile hours after announcing it would resume talks with the United States by holding working-level negotiations on Oct 5.

Sources
PUBLISHED: 03/10/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: KCNA
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