北 "신형 대구경조종방사포 시험발사"... 軍, '신형 탄도미사일' 평가 유지<br /><br />North Korea has released a report and photos of the rocket launch that took place yesterday.<br />It says it tested a new multiple rocket launcher,... not the ballistic missiles the South Korean military thought they were.<br />Seeing the photos, experts say... that the weapon tested is a multiple rocket launcher.<br />Oh Jung-hee with more.<br />North Korea says Wednesday's test was of a "newly developed, large-caliber multiple-launch guided rocket system" an announcement that counters analysis by the South Korean military.<br />On Thursday, Pyeongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency released a report and photos of Wednesday's test.<br />The photos are blurred in some parts... but still, the weapon in these photos looks starkly different from the short-range missiles the North launched last week.<br />We can also see several launch tubes installed on a transporter erector launcher.<br />"It looks like a multiple rocket launcher, not a missile. Because the photo is blurred, it's difficult to compare this with the 300-millimeter multiple rocket launcher that the North already has. But it seems this one has a bigger diameter at the bottom than the previous one. The North pixelated these photos so as not to reveal the weapon's exact traits."<br />The North's media says leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the test launch.<br />They added that the system met its test requirements and proved its combat effectiveness.<br />"Kim Jong-un said the test launch was outstanding and that this should be a worrisome reminder to those who might fall into our crosshairs."<br />What the North says it fired a multiple launch guided rocket system is not what the South Korean military said it was on the day of the launch.<br />They said the regime had fired short-range ballistic missiles, but despite the new photos, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff have stuck by their original analysis.<br />"The intelligence authorities of South Korea and the U.S. see that the projectiles fired yesterday have flight characteristics similar to the new type of short-range ballistic missiles fired last week."<br />Experts say, multiple rocket launchers and short-range ballistic missiles have similar ranges and trajectories,... and therefore it is possible that the military could have confused the two.<br />Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff says it's still closely analyzing the the new photos.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.<br />
