S/2017/688 - Information from the Russian Ministry of Defence on the launch of a ballistic missile by the DPRK on 28Jul17.

United Nations
Security Council

S/2017/688

Distr.: General
9 August 2017
English
Original: Russian

Letter dated 8 August 2017 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

I have the honour to transmit herewith information from the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence on the launch of a medium-range ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on 28 July 2017 (see annex).

I should be grateful if this letter and its annex could be circulated as a document of the Security Council.

(Signed) V. Nebenzia

Annex to the letter dated 8 August 2017 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

Information from the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence dated 28 July 2017

The ballistic missile launched on 28 July 2017 at approximately 1740 hours (Moscow time) from the Tongchang-ri missile launch site in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was tracked by the Russian missile attack warning system. The launch was carried out in a direction away from the borders and did not pose a threat to the Russian Federation. The missile reached an altitude of 681 kilometres and flew 732 kilometres before falling into the central part of the Sea of Japan. The parametric flight data of the ballistic target monitored by the Russian missile attack warning system correspond to the characteristics of a medium-range ballistic missile.

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Information from the Russian Ministry of Defence on the launch of a ballistic missile by the DPRK on 28Jul17