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NK successfully launches long-range rocket
北 "위성발사 성공…김정일 유훈 관철" 발표
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North Korea successfully carried out a surprise long-range rocket launch Wednesday, South Korean officials said, rattling regional security and beyond, and fully demonstrating it is perfecting capabilities to deliver nuclear weapons as far as the mainland United States.

The Unha-3 rocket blasted off from the Dongchang-ri site in the North's northwest at 9:49 a.m., officials said. Its first stage fell in the Yellow Sea off South Korea's west coast, and the second stage landed in waters near the Philippines, they said.


The landings happened as Pyongyang announced, and officials said the launch was a success.

North Korea also hailed the launch as a success.

"The second version of satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 successfully lifted off from the Sohae Space Center by carrier rocket Unha-3 on Wednesday," the official Korean Central News Agency said. "The satellite entered its preset orbit."

The launch came as a total surprise.

Pyongyang had originally set a 13-day launch window starting Monday, but extended it by a week until Dec. 29 after discovering technical problems with the rocket. Officials in Seoul said Tuesday the North had taken the rocket off the launch pad for repair, leading many to believe it would take some time to fix the problems.

The launch came a week before North Korea marks the first anniversary of the death of late leader Kim Jong-il, father of current leader Kim Jong-un. It also came ahead of South Korea's Dec. 19 presidential election, spurring speculation Pyongyang is attempting to sway the tight race for Seoul's top office.

North Korea has claimed the planned launch is aimed at putting a satellite into orbit.

But South Korea, the United States, China and other countries have denounced it as a disguised ballistic missile test and a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban Pyongyang from any ballistic activity because it can be used to develop missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

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Wednesday's firing was the North's fifth launch of a long-range rocket or missile since the first test in 1998. The other three launches came in 2006, 2009 and April this year. The April launch ended in failure as the rocket exploded soon after takeoff.

North Korea's missile development has long been a top security concern in the region and beyond, along with its nuclear weapons program.

Pyongyang test blasted nuclear devices twice, first in 2006 and the other in 2009, though it is unclear whether the country has mastered the technology to make a nuclear warhead small enough to fit atop ballistic missiles.

Experts have warned the Unha-3 rocket is believed to have a range of some 10,000 kilometers, which means it could fly as far as Los Angeles. They say it is meaningless to differentiate between a rocket and a missile because they are basically the same and are characterized depending on their payloads.


South Korea said it "strongly condemns" the firing as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions while warning that the communist nation will have to "take full responsibility" for the violation and face deeper isolation from the international community.

"North Korea's launch this time will only result in the deepening of its isolation from the international community," Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said, reading a government statement issued after an emergency National Security Council meeting.

"The government yet again urges North Korea to divert the enormous financial resources wasted on the development of nuclear weapons and missiles to addressing the pressing issue of taking care of the everyday lives of its citizens," Kim said.

The White House denounced the launch as a "highly provocative act" and warned of "consequences."

"North Korea's launch today - using ballistic missile technology despite express prohibitions by United Nations Security Council resolutions - is a highly provocative act that threatens regional security," NSC spokesman Tommy Vietor said.

"This action is yet another example of North Korea's pattern of irresponsible behavior," Vietor said. "The United States remains vigilant in the face of North Korean provocations and fully committed to the security of our allies in the region."

He called for the international community to "work in a concerted fashion to send North Korea a clear message that its violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions have consequences."

The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to convene an emergency session on Wednesday morning.

In New York, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the North's launch, expressing concern that it could have a negative impact on peace and security in Northeast Asia.

"The Secretary-General deplores the rocket launch. ... It is a clear violation of Security Council resolution 1874, in which the Council demanded that the DPRK not conduct any launch using ballistic missile technology," Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky said in a statement. (Yonhap)



北 "위성발사 성공…김정일 유훈 관철" 발표

<b>北, 장거리로켓 `기습 발사'..ICBM 개발 진전
`광명성3호' 궤도진입 성공..국제사회 대응 본격화
'사거리 1만3천㎞ 추정'..대북정보력 `구멍' 논란</b>

북한이 12일 국제사회의 경고와 압박에도 불구하고 장거리 로켓 발사를 기습적으로 강행했다.

이에 맞서 주요국들이 잇따라 규탄 성명을 내고 유엔 안전보장이사회가 곧바로 긴급 이사회를 소집하는 등 국제사회의 강력한 대응도 본격화되고 있다.

우리 정부도 규탄 성명을 발표한 뒤 주요국과 공조에 나섰고 군의 대응 태세도 강화됐다.

북한은 오전 9시49분46초에 평안북도 철산군 동창리 발사장에서 로켓을 발사했다. 한미 군 당국은 로켓의 1, 2, 3단 추진체는 정상적으로 분리돼 탑재물이 정상궤도에 진입한 것으로 평가했다.

국방부 김민석 대변인은 이날 오후 브리핑에서 '1, 2, 3단 추진체는 정상 작동했다'며 '한미 군사당국은 탑재물(북한 주장 광명성3호 위성)이 일단 궤도에 진입한 것으로 보인다고 평가했다'고 밝혔다.

북한 장거리 로켓은 9시52분께 1단 추진체가 분리된 뒤 53분께 백령도 상공을 통과했고 58분에는 오키나와 서쪽을 통과했다.

북한은 조선중앙통신 보도를 통해 발사 1시간 30분만에 '`광명성 3호' 2호기 위성의 발사가 성공했다'며 '위성은 예정된 궤도에 진입했다'고 주장했다.

이날 발사된 `은하3호' 로켓을 대륙간탄도미사일(ICBM)로 전용하면 사거리가 1만3천㎞ 이상일 것으로 추정됐다.

군 소식통은 '오늘 은하 3호의 1단 추진체 연소 시간은 156초로 지난 4월 발사 때 130초보다 26초 길어졌다'며 '이에 따라 사거리도 1만㎞ 이상에서 1만3천㎞ 이상으로 확대됐을 것으로 로켓 전문가들은 추정했다'고 밝혔다.

국가정보원은 이날 소집된 국회 정보위원회 긴급 전체회의에서 북한의 발사가 사실상 ICBM 실험이라고 밝혔다.

정부는 이명박 대통령 주재로 국가안전보장회의(NSC)를 긴급 소집해 대응책을 논의한 뒤 성명을 통해 '북한의 미사일 발사는 유엔 안보리 결의 1874호와 1718호에 대한 명백한 위반으로 한반도와 세계 평화에 대한 도전과 위협'이라고 비난했다.

정부는 미국, 일본, 중국, 러시아 등 주요국과 연쇄 접촉을 벌이며 대응책 협의에 나섰다.

김성환 외교부 장관과 김관진 국방부 장관은 이날 오후 성김 주한미국대사 및 제임스 서먼 주한미군사령관을 잇따라 만나 북한 로켓 발사에 대응한 한미 공조 방안을 논의했다.

김 장관은 겐바 고이치로(玄葉光一郞) 일본 외무상과 전화통화에서 유엔 안보리에서의 대응책을 비롯한 한일간 공조방안을 논의했다.

군은 북한의 추가도발에 대비해 국지도발 대비 경계태세인 `진돗개'를 `둘'로 상향 조정하는 등 경계를 강화하고 있다.

북한의 전격적인 로켓 발사 전날까지 북한이 로켓을 내려놓고 수리하고 있다는 보도가 나오는 등 정부와 군의 정보력이 허점을 드러낸 것 아니냐는 지적도 나오고 있다.

김관진 국방장관은 국회 국방위 긴급 전체회의에서 '어제 오후에 미사일 발사체가 발사대에 장착돼 있음을 확인하고 청와대에 보고했다'고 해명했다.

북한의 로켓 발사에 대한 국제사회의 반발도 거세지고 있다.

미국과 일본, 중국 등 주요국들이 북한의 로켓 발사 이후 성명 등을 통해 북한의 도발을 규탄하거나 우려를 표명하는 등 강력히 반발하고 있다.

이런 가운데 국제사회의 대북 추가제재 논의도 본격화되고 있다.

유엔 안전보장이사회는 한국, 미국, 일본 등의 요구로 13일 오전 1시께 긴급 이사회를 소집해 대응책을 논의한다.

안보리는 북한의 행동이 기존 결의안 위반임을 집중 논의한 뒤 후속 조치를 내놓을 것으로 보인다.

미국과 일본, 유럽연합(EU) 등은 유엔 차원의 대응책과 별도로 추가적인 독자 제재도 검토하고 있는 것으로 알려졌다.  (서울=연합뉴스)
 
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