As the state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday, ruler Kim Jong Un witnessed the launch of two long-range cruise missiles on Wednesday. These departed from the western province of South Pyongan in the direction of the Yellow Sea and reached their target 2,000 kilometers after a flight duration of about ten seconds.
According to the KCNA, the missile launch was intended to test the “rapid response capability of the nuclear force.” However, experts doubt that the missiles fired on Wednesday are technically capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
More and more rocket tests
The North Korean military has been conducting missile tests at an unusually high frequency since late September. Early this month, Pyongyang also launched a medium-range missile over the Japanese archipelago for the first time in five years.
UN resolutions prohibit North Korea from testing ballistic missiles of any range, which, depending on the design, can also carry a nuclear warhead.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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