SEOUL: North Korean chief Kim Jong Un on Sunday oversaw the test-firing of submarine-launched cruise missiles and reviewed a mission to construct a nuclear-powered submarine, state media reported, as per South Korea-based Yonhap Information Company.
The brand new strategic cruise missile Pulhwasal-3-31 exactly hit preset targets after flying over the East Sea for 7,421 seconds and seven,445 seconds after being launched from a submarine, the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA) mentioned, suggesting the take a look at concerned two missiles.
It didn’t give additional particulars, equivalent to their flight distances.
The South Korean army on Sunday mentioned it had detected the North’s launch of a number of cruise missiles at round 8 am over waters close to the jap port metropolis of Shinpo, the place a shipyard to construct a North Korean submarine is positioned.
As per the Yonhap Information Company, the Pulhwasal-3-31 is a brand new cruise missile that the North test-fired for the primary time on Wednesday. Simply 4 days after the primary launch, North Korea disclosed that the missile is a submarine-launched cruise missile.
Cruise missiles fly low and manoeuvre, making them higher at evading missile defences.
Kim mentioned that “the nuclear weaponization of the navy is an pressing job of the occasions and a core requirement for constructing the state nuclear strategic drive,” the KCNA mentioned, as per Yonhap Information Company.
“He set forth the necessary duties arising in realising the nuclear weaponization of the navy and increasing the sphere of operation of the state nuclear deterrence in a diversified method,” it mentioned.
The North’s chief additionally mentioned points associated to the constructing of a nuclear-powered submarine and different new kinds of warships.
The brand new strategic cruise missile Pulhwasal-3-31 exactly hit preset targets after flying over the East Sea for 7,421 seconds and seven,445 seconds after being launched from a submarine, the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA) mentioned, suggesting the take a look at concerned two missiles.
It didn’t give additional particulars, equivalent to their flight distances.
The South Korean army on Sunday mentioned it had detected the North’s launch of a number of cruise missiles at round 8 am over waters close to the jap port metropolis of Shinpo, the place a shipyard to construct a North Korean submarine is positioned.
As per the Yonhap Information Company, the Pulhwasal-3-31 is a brand new cruise missile that the North test-fired for the primary time on Wednesday. Simply 4 days after the primary launch, North Korea disclosed that the missile is a submarine-launched cruise missile.
Cruise missiles fly low and manoeuvre, making them higher at evading missile defences.
Kim mentioned that “the nuclear weaponization of the navy is an pressing job of the occasions and a core requirement for constructing the state nuclear strategic drive,” the KCNA mentioned, as per Yonhap Information Company.
“He set forth the necessary duties arising in realising the nuclear weaponization of the navy and increasing the sphere of operation of the state nuclear deterrence in a diversified method,” it mentioned.
The North’s chief additionally mentioned points associated to the constructing of a nuclear-powered submarine and different new kinds of warships.
