Nouveaux tirs de missiles nord-coréens en mer du Japon - Corée du Nord. La Corée du Nord a procédé à un nouveau tir de missile à courte portée ce dimanche 19 mai après avoir procédé à trois tirs similaires hier.
Une annonce faite par l’armée sud-coréenne, qui surveille de près tous les mouvements de son ennemi du Nord. Le régime de Pyongyang effectue régulièrement des essais de missiles à courte portée ; mais, dans le contexte actuel de fortes tensions orchestrées par la Corée du Nord depuis février, ces tirs ont suscité de nombreuses réactions à Séoul. Avec notre correspondant à Séoul, Frédéric Ojardias. N Korea 'removes' missiles from east coast launch site. North Korea has removed two medium-range missiles from a coastal launch site, indicating a lowering of tension on the peninsula, a US official said.
Pyongyang was believed to be preparing for a launch last month, having threatened attacks in the region. North Korea moves two more missile launchers: report. US radar in place to counter N.Korea threat. WASHINGTON - A powerful US military sea-based radar is now in place to detect any possible missile launches by North Korea, according to a senior US defense official. "The SBX is in position," the defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP late Wednesday. North Korean nuke test may keep lid on crisis. N Korea missile test 'imminent' South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se believes that the prospect of a North Korean missile launch is 'considerably high'. 11, 2013 By all accounts Pyongyang is primed to test-fire a medium range ballistic missile this week and may even proceed with its fourth nuclear test.
Coming after a month of firebrand rhetoric by leader Kim Jong-un - whose threats include turning Seoul into a ''sea of fire'' and striking US bases with nukes - one might easily conclude this crisis is spiralling out of control. After all, Pyongyang's antics until now have been largely theatrical in nature: tearing up the 1953 armistice, pulling its workers from the Kaesong industrial complex, and vaguely questioning the safety of foreigners in Pyongyang and Seoul. Probably not. Danger escalating? This may be Washington's calculation. What do North Korea's air defenses look like? With the U.S. flying B-2 stealth bombers, F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, and B-52 bombers over the Korean Peninsula, we thought we'd give you a quick run-down on the air defenses these jets could face if the Korean War ever went into Round Two.
Sure, North Korea is said to have one of the densest air defense networks on Earth. But it's largely made up of 1950s-, ‘60s-, and ‘70s-vintage Soviet-designed missiles and radars -- the type of weapons that the U.S. military has been working on defeating for decades via a combination of radar jamming, anti-radar missiles, and stealth technology. North Korea’s New Missile: Not an ICBM. Before North Korea’s failed launch a week ago, there was a lot of talk about the North unveiling a new long-range missile in its April military parade.
As a result, when North Korea did display a missile body not seen before, people began calling it an ICBM. For example, yesterday the New York Times wrote: During the parade in Pyongyang, the North’s capital, six trucks hauled what appeared to be a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile. This idea seemed to be reinforced by the fact that it was carried on a larger truck than had previously been seen in North Korea, so people were left with the impression that “big truck = big missile.” But the missile—even if real—is too small to be an ICBM using any of the technology North Korea appears to have. The picture above shows, to scale, the new missile body (called the KN-08 in the west) on the left and the Unha-3 launcher on the right.
So some people have asked whether it might instead be fueled by solid rather than liquid propellant. A serious armed clash on the Korean Peninsula is unlikely. Author: Andrei Lankov, Kookmin University and ANU If the world media is to be believed, the Korean Peninsula is now on the brink of war.
Indeed, over the last few days the North Korean government has been engaged in some seriously bellicose rhetoric. The DPRK stated that it withdrew from the armistice treaty on 11 March 2013 and cut the phone hotline between Pyongyang and Seoul. North Korea Conducts Missile Trial. PrintShareEmailTwitterFacebookLinkedIn North Korea on Monday conducted trial launches of two short-range missiles, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Oct. 25).
"The missiles are estimated to have a range of about 120 kilometers," the Yonhap News Agency quoted a South Korean official as saying. "We believe the North test-fired the missiles to try to improve their capabilities and range. We don't see this as more than test-firing" (Agence France-Presse/Sydney Morning Herald, Dec. 19). It does not appear the test was connected to the North's declaration on Monday that leader Kim Jong Il had died, Reuters quoted a South Korean official as saying (see related GSN story, today). "This is something that the military has continued to follow, and we believe it is not related to the death of Chairman Kim Jong Il," the source said in a Yonhap report.
North Korea Debuts an IRBM. After a long wait, North Korea’s “Musudan” intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), a weapon with a reported range of 2,500 to 3,000 km, has made its first public appearance.
Described as a copy of the Soviet R-27 submarine-launched ballistic missile (a.k.a. RSM-25, a.k.a. SS-N-6, a.k.a. Serb), it has never been flight-tested in North Korea, as far as anyone knows. The missile showed up in the course of a televised military parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square, better noted elsewhere for the joint appearance of ailing North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il and his son and successor Kim Jong Un.
Another view appears at 1:12 in this video: More than one missile type appears in the videos. North Korea expands Taepodong-2 missile plant facilities: report. N.Korea finishes new missile facility: reports. North Korea established a sophisticated missile launch site on its west coast near its border with China late last year, in apparent preparation to test-fire a ballistic missile that could threaten US territory, reports said Friday.
The site in Dongchang-ri in North Pyeongan Province is five times larger than the one in Musudan-ri in North Hamgyeong Province where the communist state test-fired the Taepodong-2 missile in April 2009, according to the Chosun Ilbo. The launch pad is 1.5 times larger than that of the Musudan-ri site.