Meanwhile, an Associated Press report said North Korea’s latest satellite, named Kwangmyongsong-4 by Pyongyang, passed over the Levi’s Stadium in California an hour after the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers in the Super Bowl on 7 February.
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At the UN Security Council meeting UN representatives “strongly condemned” the missile launch and all agree that this act is “a clear threat to global peace and safety”.
“North Korea has right to the peaceful use of space, but that right is limited by the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions”.
“The leaders emphasised the importance of a strong and united worldwide response to North Korea’s provocations, including through an impactful UN Security Council resolution”, the White House said.
Well, Mark, as you say South Korea’s defense ministry have released its technical analysis of North Korea’s recent rocket launch. The rest of the world was not, with heightened fears that North Korea could use the type of long-range rockets used to launch the satellite to launch a nuclear weapon.
While Pentagon made it clear that it is discussing the issue with South Korea, U.S. President Barack Obama said THAAD is to protect the U.S. population from North Korean missiles.
Obama pointed to his conversation last week with China’s President Xi Jinping, telling CBS he told the Chinese leader “about the need to really tighten the noose on” North Korea.
The flight path was similar to the 2012 launch vehicle, whose first-stage debris was recovered by South Korea off its western coast.
They say the shield will help South Korea offset the growing threat posed by North Korea following its launch of a long-range rocket on Sunday.
It has shown off two versions of a ballistic missile resembling a type that could reach the U.S. West Coast, but there is no evidence the missiles have been tested.
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In another development, a senior South Korean Defense Ministry official, Yoo Jeh Seung, told reporters that Seoul and Washington have agreed to begin talks on a possible deployment of the THAAD missile-defense system in South Korea.
