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North Korea and weapons
of mass destruction
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
Events
See also
North Korean missiles launched over Japan

There have been a number of North Korean missile tests. North Korea has also fired a number of short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea), in what have been interpreted as political gestures.[1][2][3][4]

Timeline edit

Year Information
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2014 On September 23, 2014 at 7:45 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, a team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The ICBM's reentry vehicle, which contained a telemetry package used for operational testing, traveled approximately 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.[5]
2015 On March 23, a team Airmen from Air Force Global Strike Command, launched an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base.[6]
2015 On March 27 at 3:53 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, an Air Force Global Strike Command team launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with a test reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The test reentry vehicle impacted in a pre-established test area in the Pacific Ocean near the island of Guam, approximately 40 minutes after launch.[7]
2015 At 3:37 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, May 20, 2015, an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.[8]
2015 On August 19, the 91st Missile Wing completed an operational test launch of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The launch fell on the 45th anniversary of the day the 91st MW at Minot AFB, North Dakota, put the Air Force’s first Minuteman III missiles on alert. Working with members of the 576th Flight Test Squadron and 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg AFB, the Minot AFB team launched the ICBM at 3:03 a.m. PDT. The test re-entry vehicle impacted in a pre-established test area roughly 4,200 miles away in the Pacific Ocean near the Kwajalein Atoll.[9]
2015 On October 21, a team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, launched from here an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle. The ICBM's reentry vehicle, which contained a telemetry package used for operational testing, traveled approximately 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.[10]
2016 At 11:34 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, February 20, a team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, aboard the Airborne Launch Control System, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle from Vandenberg AFB, California. The ICBM's reentry vehicle, which contained a telemetry package used for operational testing, traveled approximately 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.[11]
2016 At 11:01 p.m. on February 25, an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched during an operational test from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. It flew at speeds of up to 15,000 mph (24,000 kph) and landed a half hour later in a target area 4,200 miles (6,500 km) away near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific.[12]
2017 On February 9 at 11:39 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, a team of Air Force Global Strike Command airmen from the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with test reentry vehicles from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The ICBM’s reentry vehicles, which contained telemetry packages used for operational testing, traveled about 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.[13]
2017 On April 26, 2017, a combined team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single test re-entry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The ICBM's re-entry vehicle, which contained a telemetry package used for operational testing, traveled to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, approximately 4,200 miles away from the launch site.[14]
2017 On August. 2, 2017 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 5 days after a North Korean ICBM test, a team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single test reentry vehicle from Vandenberg AFB, California.[16]

Events related to Missile Tests edit

2016 edit

On February 7, 2016, roughly a month after an alleged hydrogen bomb test, North Korea claimed to have put a satellite into low Earth orbit. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe had warned the North to not launch the rocket, and if it did and the rocket violated Japanese territory, it would be shot down. Nevertheless, North Korea launched the rocket anyway, claiming the satellite was purely intended for peaceful, scientific purposes. Several nations, including the United States, Japan, and South Korea, have criticized the launch, and despite North Korean claims that the rocket was for peaceful purposes, it has been heavily criticized as an attempt to perform an ICBM test under the guise of a peaceful satellite launch. China also criticized the launch, however urged "the relevant parties" to "refrain from taking actions that may further escalate tensions on the Korean peninsula".[17]

While some North Korean pronouncements have been treated with skepticism and ridicule, analysts treated the unusual pace of North Korean rocket and nuclear testing in early 2016 quite seriously. Admiral Bill Gortney, head of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, told Congress in March 2016, "It's the prudent decision on my part to assume that [Kim Jong Un] has the capability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon and put it on an ICBM," suggesting a major shift from a few years earlier.[18]

North Korea appeared to launch a missile test from a submarine on April 23, 2016; while the missile only traveled 30 km, one U.S. analyst noted that "North Korea's sub launch capability has gone from a joke to something very serious".[19] North Korea conducted multiple missile tests in 2016.[20]

2017 edit

On August 29, 2017 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the latest North Korea Ballistic Missile Launch and termed it as violation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions, as According to press reports, early Tuesday morning, the North Korea Ballistic Missile travelled some 2,700 kilometers, flying over Japan before crashing into the Pacific Ocean.[21]

On September 3, 2017, North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a thermonuclear bomb, also known as a hydrogen bomb. Corresponding seismic activity similar to an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 was reported by the USGS making the blast around 10 times more powerful than previous detonations by the country.[22] Later the bomb yield was estimated to be 250 kilotons, based on further study of the seismic data.[23] The test was reported to be "a perfect success".[24]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "North Korea launches short-range missiles". CNN. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "S. Korea Says North Launches Short-Range Missiles". NY Times. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  3. ^ "North Korea fires projectile into waters off eastern coast". Fox News. Archived from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. ^ "North Korea fires sixth missile in three days". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  5. ^ http://www.afgsc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/629457/minuteman-iii-test-missile-launches-from-vandenberg/
  6. ^ http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/581256/f-e-warren-conducts-minuteman-iii-missile-test-launch-from-vandenberg/
  7. ^ http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/581702/global-strike-teams-test-second-minuteman-iii-missile-this-week/
  8. ^ http://www.afgsc.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/629899/minuteman-iii-test-launch-validates-reliability-of-icbm-force/
  9. ^ http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/614112/45-years-on-alert-minot-conducts-minuteman-iii-test-launch/
  10. ^ http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/625047/fe-warren-tests-minuteman-iii-missile-with-launch-from-vandenberg-afb/
  11. ^ http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/670572/minot-tests-minuteman-iii-with-launch-from-vandenberg-afb/
  12. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-nuclear/u-s-test-fires-icbms-to-stress-its-power-to-russia-north-korea-idUSKCN0VZ02R
  13. ^ http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2017/02/minot-afb-tests-minuteman-iii-missile-with-launch-from-vandenberg/
  14. ^ http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1163173/fe-warren-tests-minuteman-iii-missile-with-launch-from-vandenberg/
  15. ^ http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1171674/malmstrom-tests-minuteman-iii-missile-with-launch-from-vandenberg/
  16. ^ http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1264702/fe-warren-afb-tests-minuteman-iii-missile-with-launch-from-vandenberg/
  17. ^ "North Korea fires long-range rocket despite warnings". BBC News. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  18. ^ "Why Analysts Aren't Laughing At These Silly North Korean Photos". NPR. March 21, 2016. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016.
  19. ^ Don Melvin; Jim Sciutto (April 23, 2016). "North Korea launches missile from submarine". CNN. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  20. ^ "Latest North Korea missile launch lands near Japan waters, alarms Tokyo". Reuters. August 3, 2016. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  21. ^ Jones, Michael. "UN Condemns North Korea Ballistic Missile Launch". No. Online. ABC Live. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  22. ^ Kim, Jack, and Soyoung Kim. "North Korea detonates its sixth and most powerful nuclear test yet". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ "North Korea's latest nuclear test was so powerful it reshaped the mountain above it". The Washington Post. September 14, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  24. ^ "North Korea nuclear test: Hydrogen bomb 'missile-ready'". BBC News. September 3, 2017. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

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