North Korea's ballistic missile was fired from a submarine on July 8th at 11:30 local time of North Korea's port of Sinpo.
On the photo: the moment when the ballistic missile was fired on July 8th.
Last week, mass media published information that the United States of America imposed personal sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other officials for their alleged complicity in human rights abuses against the North Korean people. North Korea's authorities consider this action to be extremely aggressive. Experts suppose that such US measures provoked North Korea into conducting another test of their missiles.
On the photo: the North Korean people are looking at Kim Jong Un, who is enjoying a successful launch.
Besides, the launch of the ballistic missile could also be caused by South Korea's announcement to have the US military's THAAD anti-missile defense system operational by the end of next year at the latest.
On the photo: the launch of the ballistic missile was broadcast on television on July 9th.
On the photo: citizens of Seoul are watching video of the launch of the ballistic missile on July 9th.
South Korea's military personnel noted that North Korea has achieved progress in the construction of ballistic missile submarines.
Experts suppose that in several years North Korea will put such submarines into service.
On the photo: a place where the launch of the ballistic missile took place.
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