UNSCUN Feb 2 with the launch of the DPRK missile, a source in the Security Council told RIA Novosti. «The meeting on the DPRK was requested by the United States for Thursday,» the source said. According to the South Korean military, the flight range was approximately 800 kilometers, the highest flight altitude was 2 thousand kilometers. North Korea announced the next day that it had carried out a test launch of the Hwaseong-12 medium-range ballistic missile, which is produced and supplied to the DPRK army, in order to to confirm the effectiveness and safety of its operation. This is the seventh DPRK weapons test in January. First, on January 5 and 11, North Korea tested hypersonic missiles (both times the launches were also made from the province of Chagando); On the 14th, two short-range ballistic missiles were launched from a railway missile complex, on the 17th and 27th, short-range tactical guided missiles were also tested. Also on January 25, two long-range cruise missiles were launched, which, unlike ballistic missile tests, does not violate UN Security Council resolutions. pictures from space taken «during the launch of the rocket»
