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Media: North Korea could launch a ballistic missile in honor of the birth of Kim Il Sung – Rosbalt.RU

April 14, 2016, 06:14 | DPRK | weapon | rocket | Kim Il Sung

 North Korea has deployed one or two mobile missile complex of the BM25 “Musudan” near the port city of Wonsan and military base in the north-east of the country, “Yonhap” referring to sources in the South Korean government.

 According to sources, Pyongyang may launch using ballistic missile complex of medium-range missiles in honor of the 104th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the founder and first president of the Juche idea.

 April 15, North Korea will celebrate the “Day of the Sun”, a national holiday in honor of the birthday of the “great leader”, “eternal president” and “the sun of the nation,” Kim Il Sung.

 If the launch does take place, it will be the first in the history of the country’s rocket launch medium-range type BM25. With a range of up to 4 thousand. Km including rocket can reach the island of Guam, that is the United States.

 Earlier, the DPRK announced the successful testing of a new type of engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile. CNN sources said that North Korea may be preparing to launch a rocket capable of reaching the United States. Then it became known that Pyongyang sees no preconditions for the beginning of dialogue on the Korean peninsula.

 Later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described as “unacceptable” the nuclear ambitions of North Korea. A similar position act and other States, including the United States.

 Exacerbation of Pyongyang’s relations with the international community was the result of nuclear tests in January and missile launch in February. In early March, the UN Security Council unanimously approved a new package of sanctions against the DPRK. After this expanded sanctions the US and the EU.

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