North Korea tested a multi-purpose missile launching system and a multiple tactical cruise missile weapon system under Kim Jong Un’s supervision. The tests evaluated a “special mission warhead” for tactical ballistic missiles, the reliability of long-range multiple-launch artillery rockets, and the accuracy of AI-guided tactical cruise missiles. South Korea reported several projectiles launched off the west coast, including a ballistic missile, traveling about 80 kilometers. Kim said major weapon systems signal upgrading of military force and demonstrate technical progress. He said sufficient destructive power is essential for army operations to make any encountering force theoretically impossible to survive. Kim also said the cruise missiles will be deployed near the border with South Korea. The launches were the first in 37 days and the eighth test of the year, despite international sanctions targeting ballistic missile and nuclear-related activities.
"Kim noted that the “major weapon systems are a clear signal of upgrading of our military force and an event of showing great technical progress,” KCNA quoted him as saying. “It is essential condition for our army's operations to have such destructive power as enough to make any encountering force impossible to survive theoretically, apart from fortune,” he added, according to the report."
"The tests were overseen by the reclusive nation's leader Kim Jong Un, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. They assessed the power of a “special mission warhead” on tactical ballistic missiles, the reliability of long-range multiple-launch artillery rockets the accuracy of AI-guided tactical cruise missiles, KCNA added."
"The cruise missiles will be deployed near the border with South Korea, Kim said. Pyongyang has declared Seoul its “primary foe” and abandoned the policy of eventual unification of the two Koreas. The latest launches were North Korea's first in 37 days and its eighth test this year."
"South Korea's military previously reported the tests, saying on Tuesday that the North had fired several projectiles, including a ballistic missile, off its west coast. Seoul said the missiles flew about 80 kilometers (50 miles)."
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