United States Northern Commnad

NORAD and USNORTHCOM monitor North Korean launch

April 05, 2009

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command officials acknowledged today that North Korea launched a Taepo Dong 2 missile at 10:30 p.m. EDT Saturday which passed over the Sea of Japan/East Sea and the nation of Japan.

Stage one of the missile fell into the Sea of Japan/East Sea. The remaining stages along with the payload itself landed in the Pacific Ocean.

No object entered orbit and no debris fell on Japan.

NORAD and USNORTHCOM assessed the space launch vehicle as not a threat to North America or Hawaii and took no action in response to this launch.

This is all of the information that will be provided by NORAD and USNORTHCOM pertaining to the launch.

• 土曜日午後１０：３０（米国東部時間）に北朝鮮がテポドン２ミサイル一発を日本海東部側に打ち上げ、日本海及び日本を飛び越えた事を確認
• ミサイルの第１段部分は日本海に落下
• 後段部分と搭載物は太平洋に落下
• 地球周回軌道に入った物体は無し
• 日本に落下物は無し
• NORAD 及び USNORTHCOM は、当該スペース飛行物体は、北米とハワイ地域に対する脅威は一切もたらさずと判断、反撃の対策は採らなかった。
• 以上。その他補足すること無し。