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朝鲜火箭发射考验金正恩

这些变化令其他国家的分析人士和官员不禁怀疑，无论发射结果如何，朝鲜的威权政府都会对内宣布火箭发射取得了成功。在推迟火箭发射的消息发布之前，一些分析人士猜测，朝鲜政府将把对内宣布的时间安排在12月17日前领导人金正日(Kim Jong Il)去世一周年纪念日。

North Korea has launched four rockets since 1998, all perceived by outsiders as cover for development of long-range missiles that Pyongyang hopes will eventually carry nuclear weapons. All four failed to reach space, though North Korea claimed three made it.

自1998年以来，朝鲜共发射了四枚火箭。外部人士认为这四次发射都是朝鲜远程导弹研制的一种掩护。平壤希望其远程导弹最终能够携带核武器。四次火箭发射都没有将卫星送入太空，不过朝鲜声称有三次取得了成功。

Since the failure of the April launch, which was timed to commemorate the centennial of the birth of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung, North Korea watchers have surmised that the country would try again before the year of commemoration was over.

今年4月的火箭发射适逢朝鲜开国领袖金日成(Kim Il Sung)诞辰100周年。自那次火箭发射失败以来，朝鲜问题观察人士就猜测，今年年底前朝鲜会再次试射火箭。

North Korea was known to have prepared two rockets before April. Since then, intelligence officials in South Korea and elsewhere have detected new tests of rocket engines and other activity at the North's main launch site along its northwest coast.