SEOUL: South Korea's military said Friday (Jun 16) it had successfully retrieved a large chunk of a crashed North Korean space rocket from the sea bed after 15 days of complex salvage operations. North Korea attempted to put its
After deploying a fleet of naval rescue ships and minesweepers plus dozens of deep-sea divers, Seoul's military said it had managed to salvage what appeared to be the main body of the rocket on late Thursday from the Yellow Sea.
The wreckage was pulled from the sea bed at a depth of about 75m in waters about 200km southwest of Eocheong Island, it added.South Korea began retrieving debris shortly after the launch, and had already recovered smaller parts. But the operation had faced difficulties partly because of a strong tide and bad visibility, prompting the military to dispatch 10 vessels and dozens of deep-sea divers.
If the military finds an engine attached to the tank, it could help discover some features of North Korea's new rocket engine, which is designed to produce greater thrust at higher altitudes, he said.Chang Young-keun, a professor at Korea Aerospace University, said the debris would also offer hints at the technical progress made by North Korea on its intercontinental ballistic missile capability and whether it had procured any components overseas in a potential breach of sanctions.
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