North Korea launches medium-range strategic missile into East Sea

According to Yonhap's news based on the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a medium-range strategic missile was launched towards the East Sea (Sea of ​​Japan) yesterday, within the scope of an exercise organized by the missile units of the North Korean army for training purposes. Kim followed the exercise aimed at "improving the ability of the missile troops to use the hypersonic strategic weapon system" on site.

Pointing out the importance of constantly demonstrating to the enemy the "reliability and lethality" of his country's strategic attack capabilities, Kim stated that such exercises are "a form of implementing deterrence." Kim stated that the missile tests were aimed at his country's "faster development of nuclear war deterrence."

'THE FLIGHT ROUTE OF THE MISSILE COULD NOT BE DETECTED'

KCNA stated that the missile was launched in a northeast direction and hit the target 1,000 kilometers away in the East Sea. South Korea reported that it covered a distance of 700 kilometers. In her statement after the missile test, Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, claimed that the military authorities of South Korea and Japan could not detect the flight route of the missile due to limitations in their tracking capabilities.