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North Korea continues to happily test missiles. According to state television, the exercise is intended to simulate a nuclear counterattack.
Munich – Tensions are growing on the Korean peninsula. On Monday (April 22), North Korea fired several missiles, something the regime of leader Kim Jong-un is actually forbidden by UN resolutions. South Korea accused its neighboring country of renewed provocation.
As the South Korean military announced, North Korea fired several missiles towards the open sea. South Korea's general staff assumes that they were ballistic missiles that can also be equipped with nuclear warheads. They were shot down in an area of the capital Pyongyang in an easterly direction and fell into the sea after a flight of around 300 kilometers. A few days earlier, North Korea is said to have tested a “super-large warhead” for strategic cruise missiles.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un monitors missile tests and is full of praise
According to the Korean Central News Agency KCNA It was said to have been an exercise to “simulate a nuclear counterattack,” writes the English newspaper The Standard. Kim Jong Un is said to have monitored the launches of the “super-large” multiple rocket launcher and described the rockets as “as precise as a sniper rifle”. State media photos show the dictator watching the launch of at least four rockets from an observation post.
KCNA According to reports, the rockets flew 350 kilometers and then hit exactly one target on an island. It also said that the exercise confirmed the reliability of the “command, management, control and operating system of the entire nuclear force.”
Missile exercise is expected to increase tensions between South and North Korea
Kim Jong-un said loudly KCNA about the exercise, saying it is crucial for North Korea to “prepare our nuclear forces to quickly and correctly carry out their important task of deterring war and seizing the initiative at any time and in any sudden situation.”
Since the beginning of 2022, North Korea has been repeatedly testing weapons systems and attracting attention with sharp rhetoric against the USA and South Korea. The two countries recently conducted military exercises, which North Korea again saw as a provocation. Seoul suspects that the new missile tests could target locations in South Korea. (mt)
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