Pyongyang [North Korea], May 30: North Korea announced on May 30 that it will launch its first military surveillance satellite in June and use it to monitor US military activity in real time.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 30 quoted RiPyong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, announcing the plan to launch the satellite as above, confirming the information Japan announced. one day ago.
Mr. Ri said that launching satellites is a necessary action to increase war readiness. North Korea will test a variety of new satellite spying features to track, track, distinguish, control and respond in real time to dangerous military actions by the United States and South Korea .
He stated that North Korea will strengthen its reconnaissance and information tools, improve its offensive and defensive weapons, and set a timeframe for implementing the development plan.
The official condemned the US and South Korea for raising military tensions on the Korean peninsula, conducting live-fire drills and planning to hold multinational drills at sea to prevent the sale of destructive weapons. mass destruction. He lashed out at the US for ramping up hostile spying activities in the air through the recent deployment of military surveillance aircraft in the Yellow Sea.
A day earlier, the Japan Coast Guard said it had been informed by North Korea of its plan to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11. The Japanese Ministry of Defense then ordered PAC-3 missile defense units to be ready to shoot down any North Korean missiles that land on Japanese territory.
South Korea also warned North Korea not to carry out the satellite launch, or it will have to pay the price.
South Korea, the United States and Japan allege the upcoming launch violates United Nations Security Council resolutions for using banned ballistic missile technology.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper
