美합참 "北미사일, 잠수함서 발사 정황 없어…수중발사대 발사<br /><br />Turning our focus to North Korea's latest provocation.<br />Multiple sources in Washington and Seoul say... the regime's missile was launched from a sea-based platform... NOT a submarine.<br />Kim Ji-yeon shares with us their analysis.<br />The U.S. is downplaying the significance of North Korea's missile launch... as the two countries prepare for working-level talks this weekend on the regime's denuclearization.<br />Speaking at a briefing on Thursday, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Spokesperson, Air Force Colonel Patrick Ryder, said the North fired the missile from a sea-based platform... not a submarine,... which would've been much more threatening to the United States... since it'll be harder to detect in advance compared to missiles fired from land.<br />"As we understand it, North Korea fired a short-to-medium range ballistic missile, some 280 miles into the Sea of Japan. And, what we know is that the missile was fired from a sea-based platform in the Wonsan Bay. That's about all I can provide at this point."<br />North Korea stated a day after the launch that it had successfully launched a new Pukguksong-3 missile.<br />The use of a sea-based platform or barge has been confirmed by a South Korean military source as well... pointing to a vessel located next to the launch site in the photos North Korea released of the firing.<br />The regime's state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Friday that the test represents a "grave statement" to hostile forces.<br />It called the weapon a "time bomb"... that could be fired anywhere on the open sea... implying it was launched from a submarine.<br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.<br />
