SEOUL (Asia) – On Monday, North Korea announced that its latest test of super-large multiple rocket launchers from a day earlier was a success.
What appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles were fired by North Korea off its east coast on Sunday in a flurry of latest launches.
South Korea has decried the launches as “inappropriate” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The North’s KCNA news agency reported the launch was to examine the strategic and technical features of the “super-large multiple rocket launchers”. They had been tested multiple times since last August. The tests were overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, ahead of deployment.
Kim’s attendance at the latest test had not been confirmed. The test was led by ruling party vice-chairman Ri Pyong Chol and conducted at the Academy of National Defence Science.
“The operational deployment of the weapon system of super-large multiple rocket launchers is a crucial work of very great significance in realising the party’s new strategic intention for national defence.”
– Ri Pyong Chol, ruling party vice-chairman
This was the fourth round of tests this month since the staged military drills in the country and resumed missile launches after a three-month break.
This move is an indication of the Pyongyang’s weapons development progress while denuclearisation negotiations with the U.S. remain in limbo.
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