North Korea
A simulation of a “nuclear counterattack” led by Kim Jong-un
Pyongyang has been increasing military exercises for a week, when Seoul and Washington are conducting major joint military exercises.
Published
On Thursday, Pyongyang fired its Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, the most powerful in its arsenal, in the presence of leader Kim Jong-un.
AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un led two-day military exercises “simulating a nuclear counterattack” and including a ballistic missile launch equipped with a “dummy nuclear warhead”, the agency reported on Monday. North Korean state KCNA received in Seoul.
Kim Jong-un expressed his “satisfaction” following 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 views all such exercises as rehearsals for an invasion of its territory and has repeatedly warned that it will respond to them in an “overwhelming” manner. “The missile was fitted with a warhead simulating a nuclear warhead,” KCNA said.
“Franic” military exercises
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 southern 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 Pyongyang’s second ICBM test this year, which KCNA said at the time was a response to “frenzied” military exercises by 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.
(AFP)
