Testing a hypersonic missile in North Korea. File photoUN Feb 5The latest launch of a North Korean ballistic missile was an escalation of Pyongyang's recent violations of UN Security Council resolutions — it is aimed at further destabilizing the region, according to a statement by the Permanent Representatives of the US Security Council: Albania, Brazil, France, Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, the United Arab Emirates and Japan that joined them. «North Korea's launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile represents a significant escalation of North Korea's recent violations of numerous Security Council resolutions and is aimed at further destabilizing the region. We condemn this illegal act in the strongest terms,» US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield read out a statement. Last Sunday, the launch of one, presumably, a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan from the area of the North Korean province of Chagando. According to the South Korean military, the flight range was approximately 800 kilometers, the highest flight altitude was 2 thousand kilometers. return to dialogue without preconditionsNorth Korea said 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, to confirm the effectiveness and safety of its operation. This was the DPRK's seventh weapons test in January. First, on January 5 and 11, North Korea tested hypersonic missiles (both launches were also made from the province of Chagando), on the 14th, two short-range ballistic missiles were launched from a railway missile system, on the 17th and 27th, the DPRK also tested tactical guided missiles short range. Also on January 25, two long-range cruise missiles were launched, which, unlike ballistic missile tests, does not violate UN Security Council resolutions. North Korean missiles 16 times faster than the speed of sound
