www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / World

DPRK moves medium-range missiles

By Agencies in Washington and Pyongyang | China Daily | Updated: 2013-05-08 08:02

DPRK moves medium-range missiles

This undated picture, released by the Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday, shows Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un inspecting the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum under construction in Pyongyang. KCNA via KNS via Agence France-Presse

 

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from the country's east coast, US officials told Reuters on Monday, after weeks of concern that Pyongyang was poised for a test launch.

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned the DPRK last month that it would be a "huge mistake" to fire the medium-range missiles. The prospects of a test had put Seoul, Washington and Tokyo on edge after Pyongyang threatened to attack the Republic of Korea and the United States.

The move to shift the missiles follows a reduction in rhetoric from Pyongyang.

One US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the missiles were still mobile and the fact they had been moved was no guarantee they would not be set up elsewhere and fired at some point.

Another US official - Daniel Russel, senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council - agreed, saying, "It is premature to celebrate it as good news."

However, a third US official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the US did not believe the missiles had gone to an alternate launch site and that they are now believed to be in a non-operational location.

The Musudan missiles have a range of 3,000 to 3,500 kilometers. They have not been tested before.

In Seoul, the ROK's Defense Ministry declined to confirm any movement of the missiles, saying it is still tracking the DPRK's missile activities, and indicating it has yet to conclude Pyongyang has shelved plans for a launch from its east coast.

Heightened tensions

Pentagon spokesman George Little declined to comment on the status of the DPRK missiles.

"I wouldn't again comment on intelligence. But what we have seen recently is a provocation pause. And we think that's obviously beneficial to efforts to ensure we have peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula," Little told reporters.

The heightened tensions, including DPRK threats to attack US bases in the Pacific, coincided with US-ROK military drills that Pyongyang had branded "a rehearsal for invasion". Those drills ended on April 30.

In a rare show of force during the drills, two nuclear-capable, bat-winged B-2 stealth bombers flew more than 37 hours from their US base to drop dummy munitions on an ROK range, and then returned home.

Asked what may have contributed to Pyongyang's latest move, Little noted various possibilities, including the fact that the DPRK's previous cycles of provocation had ended after a period of time. He also noted that the Chinese government has made some helpful statements.

"We have said we'd be able to speak publicly when the North has completely withdrawn" the missiles, ROK Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said. The DPRK warned on Tuesday that it will "mercilessly avenge" any breach of its territorial sovereignty by the ROK or the US during their ongoing anti-submarine drills in the Yellow Sea.

The Southwestern Front Command of the Korean People's Army said all units and sub-units of the military in the region will simultaneously start military actions in accordance with operation plans ratified by the supreme command, the official news agency KCNA said.

'Mercilessly avenge'

It warned that if the ROK or the US responds "recklessly" to the DPRK's counteractions, prompt actions by rocket forces deployed in the southwestern sector will turn the five islands in the Yellow Sea into a "sea of flames".

The ROK and the US launched a five-day joint naval military drill on Monday in the Yellow Sea with the participation of a nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class submarine.

The anti-submarine regular exercises, which came in the wake of the two-month-long joint Foal Eagle military exercise, also involves Aegis destroyers and P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft deployed from US bases.

The DPRK said on Sunday that if Seoul really worries about the future of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, it should stop all its hostile policy and provocative military drills toward Pyongyang.

However, a ROK Defense Ministry spokesman brushed off the warnings, saying that "as long as the combined forces and South Korean military exist, the drills will continue".

The DPRK was expected to be discussed at a meeting between US President Barack Obama and ROK President Park Guen-hye at the White House on Tuesday, where they were scheduled to have a working lunch followed by a joint news conference.

The DPRK has also remained in the spotlight after it sentenced a Korean-American who visited the country in November to 15 years hard labor for what it said were crimes against the state.

Human rights activists in the ROK say Kenneth Bae may have been arrested for taking pictures of starving children. A US official said last week Washington was not looking for an envoy to try to secure the release of Bae, who was sentenced last week.

Reuters-Xinhua

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产精品亚洲欧美云霸高清 | 成人男女网18免费看 | 国产91丝袜在线播放九色 | 国产高清在线精品一区二区三区 | 特级aa毛片在线播放 | 韩日一区二区 | 亚洲精品国产一区二区 | 99久久精品久久久久久清纯 | 欧美a级完整在线观看 | 国内久久精品视频 | 国产成人最新毛片基地 | 免费观看欧美精品成人毛片 | 福利社在线视频 | 久久成人午夜 | 久久久久久日本一区99 | 精品视频在线观看一区二区三区 | 亚洲va中文字幕欧美不卡 | a一级网站 | 亚洲欧美日本国产 | 成人三级做爰在线视频 | 国产亚洲精品一区二区久久 | 日韩黄色视屏 | 国产精品1区2区3区 国产精品1区2区3区在线播放 | 国产成人精品免费视频大全可播放的 | 国产不卡a | 国产精品免费精品自在线观看 | 99爱在线精品视频网站 | 日本噜噜影院 | 亚洲美女视频在线 | 91综合精品网站久久 | 色老头老太做爰视频在线观看 | 日韩专区亚洲精品欧美专区 | 欧美性另类69xxxx极品 | 亚洲jjzzjjzz在线播放 | 日韩国产欧美视频 | 中文字幕乱| 免费aⅴ片| 国产三级精品三级国产 | 久久精品6 | 一级毛片成人午夜 | 毛片免费观看日本中文 |