North Korea: the program of a spy satellite behind the firing of ballistic missiles?
A television screen shows aerial images of the South Korean cities of Seoul and Incheon taken by a North Korean satellite, in Seoul on December 19, 2022. © AP / Ahn Young-joon
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On Sunday, December 18, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles, yet another provocation, as South Korea called it.
While the reasons for the shootings remained unclear over the weekend, the next day the North Korean regime's propaganda media announced that they were part of a program to launch a spy satellite into space orbit.
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With our correspondent in Seoul,
Célio Fioretti
This Monday in the
Rodong Sinmun
, the North Korean daily, two aerial photos of the South Korean cities of Seoul and Incheon.
These images were not taken by an airplane, but by a satellite propelled by one of the missiles fired the day before by the Kim Jong-un regime.
A spectacular way to show the progress of their satellite project.
In orbit
With this new successful test, North Korea is getting closer to its goal of sending a spy device into orbit around the Earth.
The launch of the satellite is scheduled for April 2023, the birthday of Kim Il-sung, founder of the regime.
If the resolution of the images taken this Sunday by the satellite is not at the level of current standards, it could be that the final version is much more developed, warn experts.
Seoul obviously condemned this attempt, calling it, once again, a provocation against him.
Five attempts
This satellite space program is not the first conducted by Pyongyang.
Between 1992 and 2016, five attempts were made, two of which were successful, keeping a device in orbit for short periods of time.
It remains to be seen whether this next lacing will also be a success.
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