{"id":98480,"date":"2017-04-15T21:33:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T01:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=98480"},"modified":"2017-04-15T21:33:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T01:33:46","slug":"south-korea-north-korea-missile-test-ends-in-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/15\/south-korea-north-korea-missile-test-ends-in-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea: North Korea missile test ends in failure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kim Jong Un has overseen three nuclear tests and a string of missile and rocket launches since taking over after the death of his father, dictator Kim Jong Il, in late 2011. (Photo: Kim Jong Un\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SEOUL \u2013North\u00a0Korea\u00a0on Sunday failed in a missile launch from its eastern coast, South\u00a0Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, but it wasn’t immediately clear what kind of missile was fired.<\/p>\n

The launch from the city of Sinpo comes a day after one of the biggest\u00a0North\u00a0Korean propaganda events of the year \u2013celebrations of the 105th birthday of late\u00a0North\u00a0Korea\u00a0founder Kim Il Sung, the current leader’s grandfather.\u00a0North\u00a0Korea\u00a0regularly launches short-range missiles, but it is also developing mid-range and long-range missiles meant to target U.S. troops in Asia and, eventually, the U.S. mainland.<\/p>\n

North\u00a0Korea\u00a0launched a long-range rocket and conducted two nuclear tests last year, including its most powerful to date. Its eventual goal is a long-range nuclear missile that can strike the continental United States.<\/p>\n

Aside from improving the technology,\u00a0North\u00a0Korean missile and nuclear tests are seen by outside analysts partly as efforts to bolster the domestic image of leader Kim Jong Un and apply political pressure on Seoul and Washington.<\/p>\n

Kim Jong Un has overseen three nuclear tests and a string of missile and rocket launches since taking over after the death of his father, dictator Kim Jong Il, in late 2011.<\/p>\n

Another missile test from Sinpo failed earlier this month, when the rocket spun out of control and plunged into the ocean. That launch came shortly before U.S. President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. China is\u00a0North\u00a0Korea’s only major ally.<\/p>\n

The extended-range Scud missile in that earlier launch suffered an in-flight failure and fell into the sea off\u00a0North\u00a0Korea’s east coast, according to U.S. imagery and assessments.<\/p>\n

Despite Sunday’s failure, the\u00a0North’s previous claim to have used \u201cstandardized\u201d warheads has led to worries that it was making headway in its push to develop small and sophisticated warheads to be topped on long-range missiles. The United States, South\u00a0Korea\u00a0and other countries have vowed to apply more pressure on the\u00a0North, but so far nothing has worked to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

North\u00a0Korea\u00a0has spent decades trying to develop operational nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

It is thought to have a small arsenal of atomic bombs and an impressive array of short- and medium-range missiles. But it has yet to demonstrate that it can produce nuclear bombs small enough to place on a missile, or missiles that can reliably deliver their bombs to faraway targets.<\/p>\n

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