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Diasabra 12 Maart 2022

N. Korea may fire big missile to put spy satellite in space

kilometers (9,320 miles), far and last nuclear test in 2017. ful enough to place multiple
enough to strike anywhere reconnaissance satellites into
in the U.S. and beyond. The After declaring the site’s clo- orbit in a single launch. He
25-meter (82-foot) missile, sure, Kim invited foreign said North Korea would also
which was shown again at a journalists to observe the de- want to test the missile’s en-
defense exhibition in North struction of tunnels in May gine parts.
Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, 2018. But North Korea didn’t
last year, has yet to be test- invite outside experts to cer- Kwon said the liquid-fueled
launched. tify what had been destroyed. Hwasong-17 may be too big
Analysts who studied the sat- and lack mobility given North
North Korea has already ellite images say it’s unclear Korea’s poor road conditions.
demonstrated the potential to how long it would take for He said the launch could be
reach the U.S. mainland with the North to restore the site a show of force, but that a
flight tests of other ICBMs, for nuclear detonations. spy satellite could sharply in-
the Hwasong-14 and Hwa- crease the North’s capability
song-15, in 2017. Some ana- North Korea’s two mis- to monitor the movements
(AP) — North Korea has North Korea’s neighbors de- lysts say developing a larger sile launches were the latest of U.S. aircraft carriers and
tested parts of its biggest tected two ballistic launches missile could mean the coun- in a string of tests in recent other strategic assets.
intercontinental ballis- last week. North Korea later try is trying to arm its long- months, an apparent attempt
tic missile in two recent said it was testing cameras range weapons with multiple to modernize its arsenal and Jung Chang Wook, head of
launches, the U.S. and and other systems to be in- warheads to overcome mis- pressure the Biden adminis- the Korea Defense Study Fo-
South Korean militaries stalled on a spy satellite but sile defense systems. tration as nuclear disarma- rum think tank in Seoul, said
said, a suggestion it is like- didn’t disclose what missiles ment talks remain stalled. North Korea would want to
ly to fire that weapon soon or rockets it used. In 2018, North Korea unilat- test technologies that ensure
to put a spy satellite into erally suspended long-range Observers expect North multiple warheads of a mis-
orbit in what would be its After analyzing the launches, and nuclear tests before it en- Korea to launch the Hwa- sile could survive the extreme
most significant provoca- the U.S. and South Korean tered now-dormant denucle- song-17 missile for two main heat and pressure of reentry
tion in years. militaries concluded they in- arization talks with the Unit- military purposes — testing from space.
volved an ICBM system un- ed States. The talks collapsed key weapons parts and put-
Separately, South Korea’s der development that North in 2019 due to disputes over ting its first functioning spy Jung and Kwon both believe
Defense Ministry said it Korea first unveiled during U.S.-led sanctions on the satellite in space. They say North Korea has acquired
detected signs that North a military parade in October North. Top North Korean North Korea may claim that the reentry vehicle technol-
Korea was possibly restor- 2020. officials recently hinted at it is firing a rocket, not a mis- ogy for a single warhead mis-
ing some of the tunnels at lifting the 2018 weapons test sile, for a satellite launch, but sile, an assessment that some
its nuclear testing ground South Korea released a simi- moratorium. the U.N. and others have analysts dispute.
that were detonated in May lar assessment and said North viewed past satellite launches
2018, weeks ahead of leader Korea must immediately stop Seoul’s statement about as disguised tests of its long- A spy satellite and a missile
Kim Jong Un’s first summit any act that raises tensions North Korea’s nuclear test- range missile technology. with multiple warheads were
with then- President Donald and regional security con- ing ground came after recent among an array of sophisti-
Trump. The ministry didn’t cerns. commercial satellite images Kwon Yong Soo, a former cated weapons that North
say whether it believes the showed a possible resump- professor at Korea Nation- Korean leader Kim Jong
North was restoring the site The ICBM in focus is the tion of construction activity al Defense University in Un has vowed to develop to
to resume tests of nuclear ex- Hwasong-17, North Korea’s at the site in the northeastern South Korea, said the esti- counter what he calls Ameri-
plosives. biggest missile, which could town of Punggye-ri. It was mated thrust of the Hwa- can hostility such as econom-
potentially fly up to 15,000 used for the North’s sixth song-17 suggests it is power- ic sanctions.

Court: London police acted unlawfully to stop Everard vigil

(AP) — London police acted un- abducted. But the four main organiz- cancel the vigil.” rights.”
lawfully when they used coro- ers canceled it after police told them
navirus restrictions to prevent a they faced fines of 10,000 pounds The judges said the police force The police force said it would con-
vigil in memory of a murdered ($13,000) each and possible prosecu- “failed to perform its legal duty to sider whether to appeal.
woman, a court ruled Friday in a tion for violating coronavirus restric- consider whether the claimants might
victory for the event’s organizers tions. have a reasonable excuse for holding Police handling of the Everard case
and the right to protest. the gathering.” was one of a string of controversies
A spontaneous vigil went ahead, at- that have undermined public confi-
The protest vigil was called after tended by hundreds of people in- Theodora Middleton, a lawyer for dence in the force and led the head
Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old London cluding Catherine, Duchess of Cam- the organizers, called the court rul- of the Metropolitan Police, Commis-
woman, was abducted and murdered bridge, the wife of Prince William, ing “a victory for women” and said it sioner Cressida Dick, to announce
in March 2021 by an off-duty Met- who laid flowers. Police later moved set “a powerful precedent for protest her resignation last month.
ropolitan Police officer as she walked in to disperse participants, arresting
home at night. some. Images of women scuffling
with police and being led away in
The crime shocked the country, an- handcuffs sparked wide criticism.
gered many women and raised ques- The four vigil organizers took the po-
tions about a police force that un- lice to court, arguing the force’s deci-
knowingly harbored a murderer in its sions before the event breached their
ranks. Police officer Wayne Couzens human rights to freedom of speech
pleaded guilty to Everard’s murder and assembly.
and was sentenced in September to
life in prison with no chance of pa- Two High Court judges agreed, rul-
role. ing Friday that by telling organizers
the protest would be unlawful, police
The group Reclaim These Streets “interfered with the claimants’ rights
attempted to organize a socially dis- because each (statement) had a ‘chill-
tanced vigil on the city’s Clapham ing effect’ and made at least some
Common, near where Everard was causal contribution to the decision to