North Korea launched a tactical ballistic missile equipped with a “new autonomous navigation system”the state news agency reported on Saturday, while the leader Kim Jong Un promised to boost the country’s nuclear force.
kim on Friday supervised the test launch at the Eastern seaalso known as sea of Japanin an operation to evaluate “accuracy and reliability” of that new technology, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The North Korean leader expressed his “great satisfaction” with the test
It was the latest in a series of increasingly sophisticated tests by North Korea with cruise missiles, tactical rockets and hypersonic weapons in recent months, in which the country – equipped with nuclear weapons – affirms that it responds to an attempt to improve its defenses.
The Pyongyang regimefired an unidentified ballistic missile into the East Sea“, confirmed on Friday the General Staff of South Korea.
He added that “multiple flying objects believed to be short-range ballistic missiles“They moved about 300 km from the eastern North Korean area of Wonsan towards the waters off its coast.
In another report on Saturday, KCNA said that kim visited a military production facility the day before and urged “more quickly reinforce the nuclear force” of the nation.
During the visit, he assured that “The enemies will only be afraid and will not dare to play with fire when they witness the nuclear combat posture of our State”, according to that agency.
Seoul and Washington have accused North Korea to send weapons to Russiawhich would be a violation of United Nations sanctions against both countries, and experts say that the recent tests could be of weapons destined for the Ukrainian battlefields.
The test occurred hours after Kim Yo JongKim’s sister, denied that the country is delivering weapons to Russia.
Kim Yo Jong declared that Pyongyang has “nono intention to export its military technical capabilities to any country”according to a statement released Friday by KCNA.
Source: Gestion
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