(아시아/북한) 북한 잠수함 탑재 미사일 시험발사하다

출처: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32671101

Less than a minute ago: Saturday, May 9, 2015

North Korea 'test-fires submarine-launched missile' 북한 잠수함 탑재 미사일 시험발사하다

The test was overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, state media reported 시험을 북한 지도자 김정은이 지켜보고 있다고, 국영매체가 전했다

North Korea says it has successfully tested a submarine-launched missile, which if confirmed would be a significant boost in its arsenal. 성공적으로 잠수함 탑재의 미사일들을 시험발사했으며, 이는 북한의 군수산업에 중요한 기폭제가 될 것이라고, 북한은 전한다.

Analysts say North Korea has several nuclear warheads but this development would be an advance as submarine-fired devices are difficult to detect. 분석가들은 북한이 여러 기의 핵탄두를 보유하고 있으나 잠수함 탑재 미사일 발사와 같은 발전에서 보인 기술적 진보는 조사하기 어렵다고 말한다. 

This latest test has not been independently verified.

The US said using ballistic missiles was a "clear violation" of UN sanctions against North Korea.

A statement from the State Department made no comment on the reported test but called on North Korea "to refrain from actions that further raise tensions in the region".

'World-level' '세계적 수준'

State media described the missile emerging with "a fiery, blazing trail", but did not mention the date or the location of the test.

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was pictured overseeing the launch.

Mr Kim said his country now possessed a "world-level strategic weapon capable of striking and wiping out in any waters the hostile forces infringing upon [North Korea's] sovereignty and dignity", the reports said.

After the announcement, South Korea said the North fired three anti-ship cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast.

Pyongyang had warned it would fire without warning against vessels it claims have violated its waters.

South Korea is yet to comment on the missile test, but the country's National Security Council has met in emergency session.

The North Korean leader described the missile as a "world-level strategic weapon" 북한 지도자 김정은 이번 미사일은 "세계적 수준의 전략무기"라고 표현했다.

Analysis by BBC South Korea correspondent Stephen Evans:

Claims about North Korea's military capabilities always have to be treated sceptically. The latest pictures in the state-run media may or may not be photo-shopped, perhaps to insert Kim Jong-un very prominently into the picture of a missile launch.

However, analysts at the respected US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University in the US reported recently that satellite pictures indicated that "the conning tower of a new North Korean submarine first seen in July 2014 houses one to two possible vertical launch tubes for either ballistic or cruise missiles".

The academics also said that satellite imagery indicated "that North Korea has been upgrading facilities at the Sinpo South Shipyard in preparation for a significant naval construction program, possibly related to submarine development".

Missiles launched from submarines dramatically change the calculation that any potential target must make because the warning time is so much shorter than with land-based missiles with which preparations on the ground might also be detected.

The best estimate of North Korea's nuclear arsenal is that it could make up to 20 weapons but that its ability to make them small enough for a missile is unclear.

It is clear, however, that the ambition is there - not least because the North Korean foreign ministry said so: Its nuclear forces were a "powerful, treasured sword" to "protect the sovereignty of the country".

It may be moving faster than previously thought.