Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South)-Despite warnings of grave repercussions from the US, North Korea has tested another missile further straining tensions with the superpower.
The missile test however failed after it blew up almost immediately after being launched.
The missile was launched near the country’s submarine base in Sinpo in South Hamgyong Province on the east coast of the country.
In a media report by VOA the US leadership is yet to comment on the issue.
“The president and his military team are aware of North Korea’s most recent unsuccessful missile launch. The president has no further comment”, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a statement.
According to VOA “Sunday’s attempted missile launch was reportedly not an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Trump warned would not be allowed to happen, because it would move North Korea closer to acquiring a long range nuclear ballistic missile capability that could directly threaten US national security”.
VOA reports that the failed test occurred as a US naval strike force, the Carl Vinson, moves into the region in a show of force, and amid increasingly tough warnings from the Trump administration that the US is prepared to take increased measures against North Korea that include possible military action.
On Saturday North Korea held a military parade as part of the 105th birth anniversary celebrations of the country’s late founding president Kim II Sung, who is also the grandfather of the current leader Kim Jong Un.
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