Pyongyang [North Korea], April 14 (ANI): North Korea’s chief, Kim Jong-un, stated Friday that the latest launch of its new solid-fuel “Hwasong-18” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) significantly strengthened the nation’s nuclear counterattack stance, Yonhap News Agency stated Friday quoting North Korean state media.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported in state media that Kim, who oversaw Thursday’s launch, stated the brand new ICBM would “radically promote the effectiveness of its nuclear counterattack posture and bring about a change in the practicality of its offensive military strategy.””The aim of the test fire was to confirm the performance of the high-thrust solid-fuel engines for multi-stage missiles and the reliability of the stage-jettisoning technology and various functional control systems,” the KCNA stated.
According to the assertion, “the test-fire proved that all of the new strategic weapon system’s parameters fully matched the requirements of the design in terms of accuracy.”The North reportedly fired an intermediate- or longer-range ballistic missile on Thursday, based on the navy of South Korea, which travelled 1,000 kilometres earlier than touching down within the East Sea.
Following its ongoing unwillingness to answer what have been previously every day cross-border communications, North Korea on Thursday fired an unspecified ballistic missile in the direction of the East Sea of Japan on Thursday, Yonhap News Agency stated citing the South Korean navy.
As Pyongyang fired an unspecified ballistic missile in the direction of the Sea of Japan on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan issued a warning of ‘taking all the required precautions’ at this significant time.
Japan issued a warning {that a} North Korean missile could have landed in Hokkaido Prefecture or neighbouring waterways.
However, someday later Japan issued a press release that stated there isn’t a longer a risk of a missile fired by Pyongyang falling in or close to Hokkaido, as per NHK. (ANI)