North Korea’s official media published pictures of the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his young daughter, during the launch of a “new type” of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
This is the first official appearance of the daughter of the North Korean leader, as his private life is one of the secrets within the state, and it is only known, while the American Bloomberg agency pointed out that its appearance represents a “hint” of the plans of the caliphate within the ruling family.
Jong Un appeared wearing a white jacket and holding the hand of her father, who was absent from view for about a month, as they were walking in front of the experimental missile before its launch from the platform.
While North Korea’s Central News Agency reported on Saturday that Kim was present at the test site with his “daughter and his beloved wife”, in order to “personally guide the entire shooting test.
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The Agency said that the ICBM-17 missile was launched at Pyongyang International Airport, and traveled at a maximum altitude of 6041 km, for a distance of 999 km before landing in the eastern water.
The flight data from North Korea were in line with the numbers issued by South Korea and Japan, which added that the missile has more than 15,000 km, which is enough to reach the United States, according to Bloomberg.
The launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile comes at a time when North Korea warns the United States against continuing military training in the region or “facing punishment. ”
The last missile is the “newer” in a standard series of missile launch operations in recent weeks, at a time when Seoul and Washington expects Pyongyang to be preparing to conduct an imminent nuclear test.
For his part, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishid said that the missile fell into the sea inside the Special Economic Zone of Japan, west of Hokkaido, without damage to any of the ships or aircraft. While Washington strongly condemned the “experience” and the potential risks to the stability of the region.
The South Korean army and the Japanese Coast Guard also announced on Friday that the North Korean missile was crossing, but this launch was “unsuccessful”, according to Soul and Tokyo.
It is noteworthy that North Korea had launched a smaller missile Thursday, while warning of “violent military responses” to strengthening the United States its security presence in the region..
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