Kim Jong-Un expressed his “satisfaction» following this weekend of exercises.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published update
This content is not accessible.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un conducted military exercises for two days “simulating a nuclear counterattackand including a ballistic missile launch equipped with a “fake nuclear head“, reported Monday the North Korean state agency KCNA received in Seoul.
Kim Jong-Un expressed his “satisfactionfollowing this weekend of exercises, according to KCNA. It was Pyongyang’s fourth show of force in a week as Seoul and Washington conduct their largest joint military drills in five years. North Korea regards all such exercises as rehearsals for an invasion of its territory and has repeatedly warned that it will respond to them in a “overwhelming». «The missile was fitted with a warhead simulating a nuclear warhead“, clarified KCNA.
This content is not accessible.
On Thursday, Pyongyang fired its Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the most powerful in its arsenal, in the presence of leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter, and just before a visit to Japan by the South-Eastern President. Korean Yoon Suk Yeol. Cold for years due to a historic dispute, the two neighbors have resumed language at the highest level and decided to present a united front once morest North Korea.
It was the second ICBM test carried out by Pyongyang this year, which KCNA then described as a response to military exercises “franticfrom South Korea and the United States. The firing itself came following the launch Tuesday of two short-range ballistic missiles and, on March 12, two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine.