The Pentagon condemned the failure to start.
US strategic command has reported about an unsuccessful attempt to launch medium range Musudan near the North Korean Cusona Wednesday, October 19, reported South Korean media.
“System Stratcom, the U.S. has registered the event, which we view as a failed launch of North Korea rocket on October 19 at 5 p.m. near the North-Eastern city Koson”, – results in the publication of a statement by the U.S. Strategic command.
Presumably, we are talking about medium-range missile Musudan. The start was recorded by the North American command aerospace defense (NORAD), and he did not represent a threat to North America.
“We strongly condemn the current and previous missile tests by North Korea, which violated UN security Council resolutions forbidding her the use of ballistic technologies,” – said in a statement released by the Pentagon about this statement.
It also underlines that the United States intends to raise the issue in UN to strengthen the international community’s determination to bring the DPRK accountable for such actions.
Media noted that this is the second, it failed attempt by Pyongyang to carry out start-up of Musudan in less than a week. Previous took place on Saturday, October 15, also from the area of Cusona.
