North Korea announced plans for a spy satellite in June with the goal closely monitor the military movements of the United States and its partners in real timereported the official agency KCNA.
The “military reconnaissance satellite” is a response to what they consider dangerous military actions by the United States and its alliess, said Ri Pyong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling party’s central military commission, quoted by KCNA.
According to Pyong Chol, these reconnaissance devices are “essential to detect, monitor (…) and deal with dangerous military actions by the United States and its vassal forces in advance and in real time.”
In addition, the North Korean regime accused the United States of conducting aerial espionage activities in and around the Korean Peninsula.
These launch plans have led to condemnation South Koreawho thinks that the act is a serious violation of UN Security Council resolutionswhich prohibit the use of ballistic missile technology on every launch.
Japan it was also notified by North Korea of its launch plans, but they expressed concern over the possibility of it being a “ballistic missile”. According to Japanese authorities, the missile is expected to land in the waters of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea or in the east of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.
North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan
However for Kim Jong Unthe North Korean leader, the development of a reconnaissance satellite was one of Pyongyang’s most important defense projects against the American threat.
North Korea has stepped up its missile launches in recent months.
Source: Eluniverso
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