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North Korea on Monday disclosed scores of photos of the Earth taken from mid-atmosphere via a camera installed on a ballistic missile which it test-fired the previous day, in an apparent bid to show off its missile atmospheric reentry technology.
In its Monday issue, the Rodong Sinmun, an official daily of the North's ruling Workers' Party, made public 58 color photos showing the Earth while saying, "The test-fire of the ground-to-ground medium-to-long range strategic ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 was conducted successfully once again."
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The paper's front page carried photos showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a broad smile surrounded by senior party officials and Gen. Kim Rok-gyom, commander of the North Korea army's Strategic Forces, and the Pukguksong-2 soaring from a mobile launch pad, called transporter erector launcher (TEL), trailing gray smoke.'
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Notable is that five photos played up on the third page are believed to have been taken when the missile was entering the atmosphere. It's the first time the North has disclosed earth photos taken from a launched missile.
(Yonhap)
reporter
Park Sae-jin
swatchsjp@ajunews.com
