Pentagon: North Korea’s spy satellite has reached Earth’s orbit
A Pentagon spokesman said Washington believes a North Korean spy satellite has reached close to Earth's orbit. |
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency
, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder stated in a news conference that Washington believes that North Korea’s spy satellite has reached close to Earth’s orbit.
Mentioning more details, he added: “We know that this satellite, which has ballistic missile technology, has entered the earth’s orbit.
Raider clarified that there is no information It does not have information about whether this satellite recorded images of the White House or the Pentagon.
Last day North Korea claimed to have obtained images of the White House and some sensitive US military sites using its new spy satellite .
North Korea’s official news agency website said in a statement on Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had released satellite images of military facilities and The American government, including the White House and the Pentagon, has investigated.
The news agency also reported the images of four US Navy aircraft carriers and one British aircraft carrier in the images that Recorded from above Virginia.
How many Kim Jong-un the other day North Korea’s president viewed the first recorded images of “main target areas” captured by the country’s new spy satellite.
According to this report, in the recorded images, there are images of the city of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and other cities in the country that have US military bases. It is located there, it can be seen.
Also last day Ambassadors of the United States and North Korea at the UN Security Council meeting regarding the launch of Pyongyang’s first spy satellite Yang, argued. in this argument Each side accused the other country of taking defensive measures.
Pyongyang last Tuesday, November 21, successfully launched its first spy and reconnaissance satellite into Earth orbit from the Suhai space base.North Korea is He described the spy satellite as a “new era of space power” for this country. >
North Korea has previously made two unsuccessful attempts to launch its first reconnaissance satellite in May and August of this year. The previous operation of launching this reconnaissance satellite into Earth orbit on May 31 of this year failed due to a malfunction in the engine of the second platform, and its remains fell into the sea.
North Korea has been under numerous UN sanctions since 2006 due to its nuclear program and ballistic missiles. These sanctions include banning the development and expansion of ballistic missiles. This technology was used to launch Pyongyang’s first spy satellite into Earth orbit last week and has been used to test dozens of ballistic missiles over the past 20 months. America has repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is ready to conduct its seventh nuclear test.
North Korea has tried many times to launch Earth observation satellites, two of which seem to have been successfully put into orbit and the last one in It was 2016.
But following the launch of this satellite by North Korea, the South Korean authorities announced the suspension of part of the military agreement with Pyongyang in They bring.
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