Washington : North Korea launched of a long-range rocket today. It triggered angry reactions from across the globe and calls for a “tough” response to its latest provocation with arch-rival South Korea saying it will begin talks on possible deployment of a US missile defence system.
A month after it claimed a successful hydrogen bomb test, North Korea announced it had successfully put a satellite into orbit, “legitimately exercising the right to use space for independent and peaceful purposes”.
The development was hailed by Pyongyang as an “epochal event” but the rocket launch was widely condemned as a ballistic missile test for a weapons delivery system to strike the US mainland.
The US strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of the long-range rocket, describing the move by the hermit nation as “destabilising and provocative.”
@Agency news.
