North Korea announced today that it is testing a new type of tactical weapon. “Increasing efficiency in business nuclear weapons tactics”according to state media.
The test was held on Saturday and the leader participated Kim Jong-unIt also showed photos of shells fired from a beach and a small islet that suffered the same impact, the KCNA news agency explained.
North Korea’s 13th test this year, comes at a certain moment of tension in the peninsulaIt’s where satellites detected Pyongyang’s preparations for a new nuclear test, and Seoul and Washington began joint spring military exercises Monday.
According to brief information from the KCNA, this weapon was “to greatly increase the firepower of the front-line long-range artillery and increase efficiency in the operation of tactical nuclear weapons Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (official name of North Korea).
Shortly after North Korean media coverage, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) approved the test.
JCS has detailed “South Korean army detects two shells fired by North Korea” From the Hamhung region (northeast of the country) to the East Sea (the name given to the Sea of Japan in the two Koreas) at around 18:00 yesterday (9:00 GMT on Saturday)” journalists.
The initialization parameters detected yesterday are approx. 25 kilometers at maximum altitude, about 110 kilometers in flight distance and a maximum speed of less than Mach 4.0,” the text added, adding that the intelligence agencies of South Korea and the United States “conducted a detailed analysis”.
“right after launch emergency meeting was held To assess the situation and discuss countermeasures between the military, intelligence agencies, and the Office of National Security.”