SEOUL • South Korea’s spy agency does not believe that North Korea has secured the crucial re-entry technology that can allow a warhead to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere after flying through space, a South Korean lawmaker said yesterday, disputing Pyongyang’s account..
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s spy agency does not believe that North Korea has secured the crucial re-entry technology that can allow a warhead to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere after flying through space, a South Korean lawmaker said yesterday, disputing Pyongyang’s account.
The announcement came ahead of a statement by the US Missile Defence Agency, which said yesterday it shot down a simulated, incoming intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) similar to the ones being developed by countries like North Korea.
Mr Yi Wan Young, who is also a member of the South Korean Parliament’s intelligence committee, told reporters during a televised briefing that the National Intelligence Agency had not detected any unusual activity at the North’s nuclear test site.
A re-entry vehicle protects a ballistic missile’s warhead through the course of its flight, including the re-entry stage.
