Seoul said the rocket had little military value. Read more at straitstimes.com.
from the sea, giving it a rare direct look at Pyongyang’s capabilities even as it concluded that the technology had little military value.It was launched on May 31 but failed a few minutes into flight and crashed in international waters in the Yellow Sea.The salvage operation will likely end up being the most significant by the outside world on a North Korean rocket.
Experts said the recovered pieces still could provide information about the secretive state’s rocket programme and give clues about possible sanctions violations in the procurement of its components. Mr David Schmerler, a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, said if North Korea can launch and place an imaging satellite into orbit, it would likely use those images to refine its targeting list.North Korea has said it wants to use spy satellites to keep an eye on military facilities in South Korea and Japan, where the US positions tens of thousands of military personnel.
The US and its partners have warned that technology derived from North Korea’s space programe could be used to advance its ballistic missiles.
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