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North Korea fires ‘multiple’ suspected anti-ship cruise missiles – Seoul
Published time: 7 Jun, 2017 22:52
Edited time: 8 Jun, 2017 03:14
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North Korea has launched several unidentified ground-based projectiles, assumed to be surface-to-ship cruise missiles, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced.
"North Korea fired several unidentified projectiles, assumed to be surface-to-ship cruise missiles, this morning in the direction of the East Sea from the vicinity of Wonsan, Gangwon Province," the JCS statement said, according to the Yonhap news agency.
South Korea's military added that the missiles flew about 200 kilometers (124 miles).
The missiles flew in a northeastward direction at a maximum altitude of about 2 km, Army Col. Roh Jae-cheon, a spokesman for the JCS, told reporters, according to Yonhap news.
The projectiles were detected at around 6:18 am local time and were tracked for several minutes. Jae-cheon added that the South Korean and US militaries are now trying to analyze the launch to determine what kind of missiles were used.
The JCS is “maintaining full preparedness” and has “beefed up surveillance and vigilance against the possibility of additional provocations.” President Moon Jae-in was immediately notified of the launch, the statement added.
US Missile Defense Agency: existing missile defense technology can address the current threat https://t.co/M2z83ENkO2
— RT America (@RT_America) June 7, 2017
The last time North Korea conducted a missile launch was on May 29, when it fired at least one short-range ballistic missile. The projectile, believed to be a Scud-class missile, flew around 450 kilometers before landing in the Sea of Japan, some 300 km off the Japanese islands.
Shortly afterwards, on May 30, the US conducted its first ever test of a Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor with a capacity to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), that Washington said was planned “years in advance.”
US ballistic missile interceptor test ‘will only bring earlier day when US will turn into ashes’ – Pyongyang https://t.co/rEYsiJNSd5pic.twitter.com/I22739yd74
— RT (@RT_com) June 3, 2017
On Wednesday, the head of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) told Congress that Pyongyang’s ballistic missile tests in the last six months have become cause for concern to the US and its allies in the region.
“It is incumbent on us to assume that North Korea today can range the United States with an ICBM carrying a nuclear warhead,” Vice-Admiral James Syring, director of the MDA, told the House Armed Services Committee.
Syring however assured US lawmakers that America has the ability to defend itself against the North Korean threat, citing the successful test of the GMD interceptor. He also stated that the US plans to conduct another GMD test towards the end of 2018.
S. Korean THAAD deployment faces delay of up to a year over environmental impact probehttps://t.co/kLjTmzr3kIpic.twitter.com/JgaPym3XbW
— RT (@RT_com) June 6, 2017
The Vice-Admiral also told Congress that the MDA plans to deliver 36 more Standard Missile (SM-3) interceptors to the US Navy for use on Aegis cruisers and the land-based missile defense site in Romania. Another 52 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors will be delivered to the US Army.
In defiance of UN resolutions, North Korea has conducted dozens of missile tests and tested two nuclear bombs since the beginning of 2016. In response, the US has increased its military power in the region and introduced additional sanctions against Pyongyang. Washington has also been pressuring China to play a more constructive role in curbing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs.
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North Korean missiles 'great concern' – US missile defense chief
Published time: 7 Jun, 2017 21:50
Edited time: 7 Jun, 2017 21:51
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North Korean missiles 'great concern' – US missile defense chief
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Pyongyang’s ballistic missile tests are a cause for concern to the US and its allies, but existing missile defense technology can address the current threat, the head of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has told Congress.
"It is incumbent on us to assume that North Korea today can range the United States with an ICBM carrying a nuclear warhead,” Vice-Admiral James Syring, director of the MDA, told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.
“The advancements in the last six months” in North Korean ballistic missile technology “have caused great concern to me and others,” the admiral told the committee at a hearing on missile defense posture and priorities in light of the proposed 2018 budget.
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The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system launches during a flight test from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., May 30, 2017. © Lucy Nicholson US tests ICBM interceptor missile amid rising tensions with North Korea (VIDEO)
He also said that he was confident in America’s ability to defend from such threats, citing the recent test in which a California-based interceptor hit a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The test, first of its kind, was planned years in advance but coincided with heightened tensions between North Korea on one side and South Korea, Japan and the US on the other.
“I would not say we are comfortably ahead of the threat; I would say we are addressing the threat that we know today," Syring said. While he wasn’t sure what kind of message the test sent to the North Koreans, the message to Americans is that “we can defend them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” he said.
The agency plans to conduct another test towards the end of 2018, which would target a two-missile salvo of ICBM-like targets, also fired from Kwajalein.
The admiral also informed lawmakers that the MDA plans to deliver 36 more Standard Missile (SM-3) interceptors to the US Navy for use on Aegis cruisers and the land-based missile defense site in Romania. That would put the total number of interceptors delivered since December 2013 at 182.
Another 52 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors will be delivered to the US Army, for a total of 210 since May 2011, Syring said.
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© Osan AirBase S. Korean THAAD deployment faces delay of up to a year over environmental impact probe
Several THAAD systems were deployed to South Korea despite Chinese objections earlier this year. The country’s newly elected president Moon Jae-in is a critic of the deployment, however, and has ordered a full environmental review that is likely to hold up new THAAD placements for months.
According to Syring, the MDA has “a very strong cooperative missile defense partnership” with Israel, and that its budget includes funding for “co-development and co-production” of the David's Sling and Upper Tier Interceptor weapon systems, as well as improvements to the Arrow weapons system.
Arrow achieved initial operational capability (IOC) in January this year, while David's Sling became operational in April, the admiral said.
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North Korea fires ‘multiple’ suspected anti-ship cruise missiles – Seoul
Published time: 7 Jun, 2017 22:52
Edited time: 8 Jun, 2017 03:14
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North Korea has launched several unidentified ground-based projectiles, assumed to be surface-to-ship cruise missiles, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced.
"North Korea fired several unidentified projectiles, assumed to be surface-to-ship cruise missiles, this morning in the direction of the East Sea from the vicinity of Wonsan, Gangwon Province," the JCS statement said, according to the Yonhap news agency.
South Korea's military added that the missiles flew about 200 kilometers (124 miles).
The missiles flew in a northeastward direction at a maximum altitude of about 2 km, Army Col. Roh Jae-cheon, a spokesman for the JCS, told reporters, according to Yonhap news.
The projectiles were detected at around 6:18 am local time and were tracked for several minutes. Jae-cheon added that the South Korean and US militaries are now trying to analyze the launch to determine what kind of missiles were used.
The JCS is “maintaining full preparedness” and has “beefed up surveillance and vigilance against the possibility of additional provocations.” President Moon Jae-in was immediately notified of the launch, the statement added.
US Missile Defense Agency: existing missile defense technology can address the current threat https://t.co/M2z83ENkO2
— RT America (@RT_America) June 7, 2017
The last time North Korea conducted a missile launch was on May 29, when it fired at least one short-range ballistic missile. The projectile, believed to be a Scud-class missile, flew around 450 kilometers before landing in the Sea of Japan, some 300 km off the Japanese islands.
Shortly afterwards, on May 30, the US conducted its first ever test of a Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor with a capacity to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), that Washington said was planned “years in advance.”
US ballistic missile interceptor test ‘will only bring earlier day when US will turn into ashes’ – Pyongyang https://t.co/rEYsiJNSd5pic.twitter.com/I22739yd74
— RT (@RT_com) June 3, 2017
On Wednesday, the head of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) told Congress that Pyongyang’s ballistic missile tests in the last six months have become cause for concern to the US and its allies in the region.
“It is incumbent on us to assume that North Korea today can range the United States with an ICBM carrying a nuclear warhead,” Vice-Admiral James Syring, director of the MDA, told the House Armed Services Committee.
Syring however assured US lawmakers that America has the ability to defend itself against the North Korean threat, citing the successful test of the GMD interceptor. He also stated that the US plans to conduct another GMD test towards the end of 2018.
S. Korean THAAD deployment faces delay of up to a year over environmental impact probehttps://t.co/kLjTmzr3kIpic.twitter.com/JgaPym3XbW
— RT (@RT_com) June 6, 2017
The Vice-Admiral also told Congress that the MDA plans to deliver 36 more Standard Missile (SM-3) interceptors to the US Navy for use on Aegis cruisers and the land-based missile defense site in Romania. Another 52 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors will be delivered to the US Army.
In defiance of UN resolutions, North Korea has conducted dozens of missile tests and tested two nuclear bombs since the beginning of 2016. In response, the US has increased its military power in the region and introduced additional sanctions against Pyongyang. Washington has also been pressuring China to play a more constructive role in curbing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs.
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North Korean missiles 'great concern' – US missile defense chief
Published time: 7 Jun, 2017 21:50
Edited time: 7 Jun, 2017 21:51
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North Korean missiles 'great concern' – US missile defense chief
© Missile Defense Agency
Pyongyang’s ballistic missile tests are a cause for concern to the US and its allies, but existing missile defense technology can address the current threat, the head of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has told Congress.
"It is incumbent on us to assume that North Korea today can range the United States with an ICBM carrying a nuclear warhead,” Vice-Admiral James Syring, director of the MDA, told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.
“The advancements in the last six months” in North Korean ballistic missile technology “have caused great concern to me and others,” the admiral told the committee at a hearing on missile defense posture and priorities in light of the proposed 2018 budget.
Read more
The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system launches during a flight test from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., May 30, 2017. © Lucy Nicholson US tests ICBM interceptor missile amid rising tensions with North Korea (VIDEO)
He also said that he was confident in America’s ability to defend from such threats, citing the recent test in which a California-based interceptor hit a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The test, first of its kind, was planned years in advance but coincided with heightened tensions between North Korea on one side and South Korea, Japan and the US on the other.
“I would not say we are comfortably ahead of the threat; I would say we are addressing the threat that we know today," Syring said. While he wasn’t sure what kind of message the test sent to the North Koreans, the message to Americans is that “we can defend them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” he said.
The agency plans to conduct another test towards the end of 2018, which would target a two-missile salvo of ICBM-like targets, also fired from Kwajalein.
The admiral also informed lawmakers that the MDA plans to deliver 36 more Standard Missile (SM-3) interceptors to the US Navy for use on Aegis cruisers and the land-based missile defense site in Romania. That would put the total number of interceptors delivered since December 2013 at 182.
Another 52 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors will be delivered to the US Army, for a total of 210 since May 2011, Syring said.
Read more
© Osan AirBase S. Korean THAAD deployment faces delay of up to a year over environmental impact probe
Several THAAD systems were deployed to South Korea despite Chinese objections earlier this year. The country’s newly elected president Moon Jae-in is a critic of the deployment, however, and has ordered a full environmental review that is likely to hold up new THAAD placements for months.
According to Syring, the MDA has “a very strong cooperative missile defense partnership” with Israel, and that its budget includes funding for “co-development and co-production” of the David's Sling and Upper Tier Interceptor weapon systems, as well as improvements to the Arrow weapons system.
Arrow achieved initial operational capability (IOC) in January this year, while David's Sling became operational in April, the admiral said.
