Rider spokesman of the United States General Staff said at the press conference on the 3rd that North Korea claimed the missile launched on the 2nd as a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). “There are no signs, it may have been fired from a base installed in the sea,” he said with caution.
North Korea ’s Korea Central News Agency reported that the National Defense Academy had succeeded in launching a new SLBM “Arctic Star 3” in Motoyama Bay, Gangwon-do, on the morning of the 2nd. The Korean government also points out the possibility that it was SLBM.
Meanwhile, US President Trump was asked by a reporter on the North House about North Korea ’s ballistic missile launch on the 3rd, “They (North Korea) want to talk. We will talk to them soon. "They did not criticize North Korea, but showed a stance to watch the US-Practitioner talks resumed soon. (Washington = Koji Sonoda)
