The Korean Central News Agency said that the latest exercise was a “stronger warning” to the U.S. and South Korea, who are “undisguised in their...attempt to unleash a war” against the North. North Korea says missile test was a simulated nuclear strike:
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday it simulated a nuclear attack on South Korea with a ballistic missile launch over the weekend that was its fifth missile demonstration this month to protest the largest joint military exercises in years between the U.S. and South Korea.
Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said the missile, which flew about 800 kilometers , was tipped with a mock nuclear warhead. It described the test as successful, saying that the device detonated as intended 800 meters above water at a spot that simulated an unspecified “major enemy target,” supposedly reaffirming the reliability of the weapon’s nuclear explosion control devices and warhead detonators.
Jeon Ha Gyu, spokesperson of South Korea’s Defense Ministry, said it’s clear North Korea with its ramped-up testing activity is making “considerable progress” in nuclear weapons technology. He did not provide a specific assessment about the North’s claim about the successful warhead detonation. South Korea’s military said the launch took place at a mountainous northwestern region near Tongchangri, which hosts a site where the North conducted long-range rocket and satellite launches in previous years.on how far the North has advanced in miniaturizing and engineering those weapons so that they could fit on the newer weapons it tested in recent years.
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