N. Korea confirms it tested new tactical guided missiles on Tuesday as warning over S. Korea-U.S. joint exercises
Arirang News
2019-08-07
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North Korea's state media has released a report about the projectiles it launched on Tuesday.
It says it tested new tactical guided missiles, which are believed to be the same ones tested on July 25th.
The regime's leader, Kim Jong-un, said the launches were a warning to Seoul and Washington over their joint military exercises.
Oh Jung-hee reports.
Tuesday's missile launch was another demonstration of force against the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, North Korea says.
On Wednesday, Pyeongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency released a report and photos of Tuesday's missile test.
The North had fired two short-range missiles early Tuesday from its southwestern county of Kwail in Hwanghaenam-do Province.
The missiles had an altitude of around 37 kilometers... and flew some 450 kilometers.
The North's state media confirmed that the regime had tested a new-type of tactical guided missile on Tuesday and that leader Kim Jong-un was on-site to oversee the launch.
The report said two tactical guided missiles, which were fired from the western part of the territory, flew across North Korea and successfully hit the targeted islet in the East Sea.
Kim Jong-un said, this would be an "adequate warning" to the ongoing joint military exercises between Seoul and Washington.
North Korea has conducted four test-launches of short-range projectiles in the past two weeks.
According to North Korean reports, two were test-launches from a multiple rocket launcher, which each flew 250 and 220 kilometers.
And the other two tests were of tactical guided missiles.
Believed to be similar to Russia's Iskander-class ballistic missiles, they each flew 450 and 600 kilometers.
The North continues to fire short-range missiles that put the whole of South Korea's territory within their target area.
Plus, the North fired the projectiles from different locations every time.
Pundits say that the North is looking to show that its missile capabilities are advancing and becoming harder to detect.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
North Korea's state media has released a report about the projectiles it launched on Tuesday.
It says it tested new tactical guided missiles, which are believed to be the same ones tested on July 25th.
The regime's leader, Kim Jong-un, said the launches were a warning to Seoul and Washington over their joint military exercises.
Oh Jung-hee reports.
Tuesday's missile launch was another demonstration of force against the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, North Korea says.
On Wednesday, Pyeongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency released a report and photos of Tuesday's missile test.
The North had fired two short-range missiles early Tuesday from its southwestern county of Kwail in Hwanghaenam-do Province.
The missiles had an altitude of around 37 kilometers... and flew some 450 kilometers.
The North's state media confirmed that the regime had tested a new-type of tactical guided missile on Tuesday and that leader Kim Jong-un was on-site to oversee the launch.
The report said two tactical guided missiles, which were fired from the western part of the territory, flew across North Korea and successfully hit the targeted islet in the East Sea.
Kim Jong-un said, this would be an "adequate warning" to the ongoing joint military exercises between Seoul and Washington.
North Korea has conducted four test-launches of short-range projectiles in the past two weeks.
According to North Korean reports, two were test-launches from a multiple rocket launcher, which each flew 250 and 220 kilometers.
And the other two tests were of tactical guided missiles.
Believed to be similar to Russia's Iskander-class ballistic missiles, they each flew 450 and 600 kilometers.
The North continues to fire short-range missiles that put the whole of South Korea's territory within their target area.
Plus, the North fired the projectiles from different locations every time.
Pundits say that the North is looking to show that its missile capabilities are advancing and becoming harder to detect.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
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