In a statement, State Department spokesman Ned Price said Thursday’s ICBM launch from Pyongyang was “a violation of several UN Security Council resolutions.”
Pyongyang fired three new missiles Thursday, including an ICBM, which triggered a false alarm in Japan. The launch of this ICBM “seems to have failed,” the South Korean army instructed. Washington has condemned North Korea’s launch of an ICBM.
“This launch violates several UN Security Council resolutions,” said Ned Price, spokesman for the US State Department, in a statement.
“The United States will take all necessary measures”
For the American official, this new shot from Pyongyang underscores “the need for all countries to fully implement Security Council resolutions” sanctioning North Korea.
Washington’s support for defending South Korea and Japan “remains unwavering,” warns Ned Price.
In a statement, White House spokeswoman Adrienne Watson condemned Pyongyang’s actions “in the strongest possible terms.” “The United States will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of the American homeland, South Korea and Japan,” it said.
The world ‘holds its breath’
The United States and South Korea have been warning for months that North Korea is preparing a nuclear test that would be the seventh in its history and the first in five years.
The world is ‘holding its breath’ ahead of a possible new North Korean nuclear test that would be ‘new confirmation’ that Pyongyang’s nuclear program is “in full swing”He got the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the end of October.
“Another nuclear test would be further confirmation of a nuclear program moving full steam ahead in an incredibly worrying direction,” Grossi said.