Seoul, Feb. 24 At a time of heightened tension on the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang today announced it fired cruise missiles on Thursday that reportedly traveled some 2,000 kilometers on irregular trajectories, though Seoul said its analysis did not seem to agree with this statement.
The North Korean military fired “four Hwasal-2 strategic cruise missiles from the area of Kim Chaek town (northeast coast, 350 kilometers northeast of Pyongyang), North Hamgyong province , to the East Sea (name which receives the Sea of Japan in the two Koreas)”, details an article published today by the KCNA agency.
The launching of cruise missiles by North Korea does not violate the sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council, unlike the tests carried out with projectiles with ballistic trajectories.
The four shells hit “predefined targets” in the sea after flying 2,000 kilometers in “elliptical and figure-eight flight orbits” after remaining airborne for nearly three hours.
“There is a difference between what ROK (official name South) and U.S. reconnaissance and surveillance assets have identified versus what North Korea has announced,” the official said. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) sureño in a statement released by after the article was published in KCNA.
“The test reconfirmed the reliability of the weapons system and served to examine the readiness and rapid response of the cruise missile units that constitute one of the largest nuclear deterrent forces in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. (official name of North Korea).” adds the piece from the North Korean state agency.
It also served to demonstrate “its deadly nuclear counterattack capabilities against hostile forces”, according to the text.
The North Korean announcement comes after this week that South Korea and the United States carried out a tabletop exercise at the Pentagon with the premise of a North Korean nuclear attack and also after Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have conducted missile defense maneuvers with ships equipped with Aegis Systems in the Sea of Japan.
Just days ago, Pyongyang fired three missiles, including an intercontinental, and threatened to give an “unprecedented” response to some major maneuvers Seoul and Washington plan to carry out in March, which promises to increase further. historical voltage levels. .. who breathe on the peninsula after a year 2022 in which the regime fired a record number of missiles. EFE
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