The UN Security Council meeting requested by the United States
On the issue of North Korea, the United States asked the United Nations Security Council to meet today. “We have called for a meeting of the Security Council to address this dangerous launch,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield confirmed on Twitter.
We have called for a Security Council meeting to discuss the launch of dangerous long-range ballistic missiles by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea over Japan.
We must limit the ability of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to develop its illegal ballistic missile programs and weapons of mass destruction.https://t.co/DpxvnvaxcR
– Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield (USAmbUN) 4 October 2022
Seoul military apologizes after rocket hits ground
The South Korean military has apologized after a Humo-2 short-range ballistic missile crashed inside an air base near the port city of Gangneung in South Korea, causing alarm among residents who thought they were underground. An attack from North Korea. Although the missile did not explode, the subsequent noise and fire made the residents of Gangneung believe that the North had launched an attack. There are no reports of injuries.
The number of missiles fired should have been more than four, including the one that fell to the ground, according to the Seoul Army’s captured international media reports. The incident occurred when the South Korean and US militaries launched a barrage of missiles into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, in response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch at Japan for the first time in five years. .
UN Security Council meeting today
An emergency meeting of the Security Council United nations Tonight, North Korea launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japan. The meeting was requested by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Albania, Norway and Ireland.
Missiles in the Sea of Japan, Investigations into ‘Anomalous Flight’
The accident in the Sea of Japan involved the launch of a Hyumoo-2 short-range ballistic missile. The missile landed inside an air base on the outskirts of the city. The military announced that it was investigating the causes of the missile’s “flying abnormality”.
Earlier, South Korea’s General Staff announced that four missiles of the Army’s Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and another Hyumoo-2 missile were successfully launched during the joint exercises in response to North Korea’s provocation. In fact, yesterday, Pyongyang conducted its first ballistic test in eight months, launching an IRBM missile that traveled about 4,600 kilometers and flew over Japan.
A South Korean missile accidentally fell to the ground during an exercise with the United States
A South Korean ballistic missile fell to the ground in the early hours of the day in Gangneung, northeast of the country, during joint exercises with the United States, sparking panic among residents of the port city already shaken by increasingly provocative missile tests. from North Korea. Washington Post reports.
South Korea and the United States launched 4 surface-to-surface missiles into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in response to North Korea’s provocation. This was announced by the Armed Forces of Seoul. A South Korean ballistic missile accidentally fell to the ground in the early hours of the day in Gangneung, northeast of the country, during joint exercises with the United States, sparking panic among residents of the port city already shaken by missile tests. Provocation from North Korea. The newspaper wrote that the explosion and subsequent fire caused by the missile led many to believe that it was a North Korean attack. Subsequently, the Seoul General Staff announced that the accident was an accident and there were no injuries.