North Korea Announces They Will Launch A Rocket Into Space Next Month

The Kim regime has made it official that next month they will begin another provocation cycle by conducting a space launch which by UN resolutions is banned:

North Korea said Monday it is ready to launch satellites aboard long-range rockets to mark a key national anniversary next month, a move expected to rekindle animosities with its rivals South Korea and the United States.

A National Aerospace Development Administration director said the world will “clearly see a series of satellites soaring into the sky at times and locations determined” by the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party.

In comments carried by Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency, he said that the North’s outer space development sector has been making “shining achievements” ahead of the 70th anniversary of the ruling party’s founding that falls on Oct. 10. He said North Korea is pushing forward on a final development phase for a new earth observation satellite for weather forecasts.

The launches, if made, are certain to trigger an international standoff, with Seoul, Washington and other neighboring countries viewing seeing past launches as disguised tests of the North’s long-range missile technology.  [Stars & Stripes]

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