韩国国防部一名官员对美国之音证实，朝鲜星期一试射了一枚短程导弹。这是朝鲜领导人金正日被宣布死亡几个小时之前发生的。但是，这名官员说，导弹试验很可能与朝鲜领导人的死亡没有关联。在导弹试射被证实前不久，韩国的韩联社报道，朝鲜在东部海岸进行了导弹试验。作为例行军事训练的一部分，朝鲜经常向沿海水域试射短程导弹。韩联社报道说，平壤今年六月在西部沿海海域也试射了一枚短程导弹。韩联社报道说，KN-06导弹试射的目标是测试这种导弹增加的射程。
A South Korean Defense Ministry official has confirmed to VOA that North Korea test fired a short-range missile Monday, hours before announcing the death of Kim Jong-IL. But the official says the test was probably not related to the North Korean leader's death.The missile test confirmation came shortly after South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported a launch off the secretive communist state's east coast. The North periodically test fires short-range missiles into coastal waters as part of routine military trainings. Yonhap said Pyongyang test-fired a short-range missile off its western coast in June. The news agency reported the launch of that KN-06 missile was aimed at measuring the missile's increased range.
