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UN Security Council delegate warns of DPRK hypersonic missile launch, urges de-escalation and humanitarian access
Summary
A delegate to the United Nations Security Council reported that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched a hypersonic-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile on Jan. 6 and said the launch, along with other recent DPRK activity, violates Security Council resolutions and heightens regional tensions.
Khald Hayari, speaking to the United Nations Security Council, reported that on Jan. 6 at 12 p.m. local time the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched what it described as a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle. Hayari said the DPRK’s official statement described the missile as flying along a predetermined trajectory at a speed “amounting to 12 times the speed of sound” and landing in the open sea, and that the DPRK did not issue airspace or maritime safety notifications.
Hayari told the council the DPRK’s statement claimed the system “did a…
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