マッハ１０の変則軌道　北朝鮮ミサイルめぐり岸防衛相

　岸信夫防衛相は１２日、北朝鮮が１１日に発射した弾道ミサイル１発について、通常より低い最高高度約５０キロ程度を最大速度約マッハ１０の変則軌道で飛んだ可能性があるとの分析を発表した。その上で、「国連安全保障理事会決議違反で、強く非難する」と述べた。北京の大使館ルートを通じ北朝鮮側に抗議したことを明らかにした。
　岸氏は、ミサイルは「左方向への水平機動」を含む変則軌道だったと説明。これを踏まえると、１１日の時点で通常の弾道軌道なら約７００キロ未満としていた飛行距離について、「これ以上に及ぶ可能性があり、引き続き分析中だ」と述べた。（2022/01/12-12:15）

A ballistic missile fired by North Korea on Tuesday may have flown on an irregular trajectory at speeds of up to Mach 10, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Wednesday.
   The Japanese government has analyzed that the missile possibly traveled at 10 times the speed of sound with a maximum altitude of some 50 kilometers, lower than usual, according to Kishi.
   He said Japan "strongly condemns" the missile launch, which constitutes a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The minister added that Tokyo protested against Pyongyang through embassy channels in Beijing.
   The missile may have traveled more than 700 kilometers given that its irregular path included a "leftward horizontal movement," Kishi said. On Tuesday, the Japanese government said the travel distance is estimated to be shorter than some 700 kilometers if the missile flew on a regular trajectory.
   On Wednesday, the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that the regime successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile on Tuesday.