Amid rising tensions with the US, North Korea on Friday tested a railway-borne missile in its latest launch, marking its third weapons test this month.
In this photo released by state media on January 12, 2022, a missile is launched during a hypersonic missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea on January 11. (File: Reuters)
North Korea tested a railway-borne missile in its firing exercise on Friday, state media KCNA said on Saturday. Its third weapon test this month, who triggered America insists on new sanctions against a separate state
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says it has found out what it believes two short-range ballistic missiles Launched eastward from North Pyongan province on North Korea’s northwest coast.
The official KCNA news agency said the firing drill was conducted “to check and judge the efficiency in action procedures of the regiment operated by the railways”, which the country first tested last September, which was seen as a possible counter-attack. was designed in. Threatening forces.
It was the third time North Korea has launched ballistic missiles since New Year’s Day, an unusually fast pace of weapons testing. The last two launches were involved in what the state media said “hypersonic missile” Capable of high speed and maneuverability after launch.
The exercise comes hours after Pyongyang criticized the US effort for new UN sanctions on a series of recent launches. Warned of “provocation” and stern reaction.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not participate in the exercise. The KCNA said it was placed “at short notice” from the Army general staff, but the regiment accurately hit the target set in the East Coast with “two tactical guided missiles”.
The KCNA said the regiment “demonstrated high maneuverability and rate of hit,” and discussed ways to “establish proper railway-borne missile operating systems across the country.”
North Korea has defended the missile tests as its sovereign right of self-defense and accused the United States of deliberately aggravating the situation with new sanctions.
Washington condemned the latest launch, saying it was a threat to Pyongyang’s neighbors and the international community, while reiterating calls to resume stalled denuclearization talks.
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