North Korea blasts its way into a club of nations with long-range missile capabilities. Four launches, three failures and, finally, success.North Korean scientists watched as the rocket lifted off before putting an object into orbit.The director of North Korea’s satellite command center says the objective was achieved.Kwangmyongsong-1 was a test of the rocket's ability to put the satellite into the orbit, said Kim Hye Jin at the Satellite Command Center.For North Korea, it is a giant step.But defense analyst Christopher Preble at the Cato Institute in Washington says Pyongyang is a long way from proving its missiles can threaten the United States.One successful missile launch does not make them a reliable and credible threat in terms of long-range missiles, he stated. And the ability to deliver weapons over great distances.A North Korean news announcer called the launch a glorious success.But Pyongyang has yet to prove it can create a nuclear warhead small enough to mount on a missile.The rocket launched this week is of a primitive liquid-fuel type that takes hours to load and is cumbersome to set up.Pyongyang already has shown it can hit Japan with its mid-range rockets, and it can strike South Korea using artillery.But by most accounts, the North’s long-range rocket test does not represent a true military advance.Still, Preble says he was surprised the launch was successful.
四次发射,三次失败后最后一次终于成功。朝鲜从此跻身于拥有远程导弹的能力的国家之列。朝鲜科学家们关注在将目标送入轨道前火箭的发射。朝鲜的卫星指挥中心长官称目标已经实现。光明星-1是测试火箭将卫星送入轨道的能力,卫星指挥中心的金叶恩说道。对于朝鲜而言,这是巨大的一步。但华盛顿卡托研究机构的国防分析师克里斯托弗・普莱尔表示平壤要证明其导弹能够威胁到美国还有很长的一段路。一次导弹发射的成功不能为他们带来一种可靠及可信的远程导弹方面的威胁,他说道。而且从超远距离发射武器的能力也是如此。一位朝鲜新闻播音员称这次发射是一次辉煌的成功。但平壤仍要证明其可以制造出一种足够小的核弹头来捆绑在火箭上。于这个星期发射的火箭是一种原始液体燃料类型,需要数小时加载而且设置非常繁琐。平壤已经表明它的中程火箭可以打击日本,而其火炮可以震慑韩国。但大多数人认为,朝鲜的远程火箭测试并不代表一种真正的军事进步。不过, 普莱尔表示对发射成功自己感到很惊讶。
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