North Korea tests new long-range cruise missile. Pentagon: threat to neighboring countries

North Korea said it had "successfully" tested a new long-range cruise missile. This was announced by the official news agency KCNA. "The missiles flew 1500 km before hitting targets and falling into the country's territorial waters during tests held on Saturday and Sunday," reports the KCNA agency. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was absent who would not have followed live the launches of the new cruise missile, which took place a few days after the night military parade in Pyongyang to celebrate the 73th anniversary of the founding of the state. General Pak Jong-chon, a member of the presidium of the politburo of the workers' party along with other senior officials, watched the military operations. "This is a 'another great manifestation of the enormous capabilities of defense science and technology and the arms industry of our country ", Pak commented, underlining" the need to do everything possible to increase military capabilities, in achieving great goals, guaranteeing long-term war deterrence ". The missile, however, is considered by observers to be part of a low-level provocation in the midst of the negotiation stalemate on the nuclear dossier with the United States, as it does not constitute a violation of the various UN sanctions decided upon over the years in response to Pyongyang's ballistic and nuclear plans. In the north, in fact, the use of ballistic technology is prohibited,but cruise missiles are not subject to sanctions as they are considered less dangerous than ballistic missiles. The carriers "traveled for 7,580 seconds along an oval and model-8 flight orbit in the air over land and territorial waters" in North Korea and "hit targets 1,500 km away," KCNA said. details of missile parts, thrust to the ground of the engine, flight, control and guidance, of warhead power, have been successfully conducted "the note concludes. Pentagon: "Missile test threatens neighbors" "The United States will continue to monitor the situation and consult with allies and partners", is what the US Indo-Pacific command said, commenting on the news of the new missile tests carried out in thelast weekend from North Korea. The commitment of the United States "in the defense of its neighbors to the North, South Korea and Japan" remains "ironclad". South Korea Concerns expressed by Seoul where "an in-depth analysis" of the new cruise missiles has undergone: the joint command of the South Korean General Staff has specified that the examination is underway in close collaboration with the US intelligence authorities. The South Korean defense, looking to the past, has disclosed information on ballistic missile launch tests in real time, but not for cruise carriers. The two photos of the carrier, published by the newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the 'voice' of the workers' party, showed a missile exiting one of the five tubes on a launch vehicle. L'another photo shows a missile in horizontal flight. Experts noted that the weapon resembles the US tomahawk long-range cruise missiles and South Korea's hyunmoo-3c cruise missiles. Ballistic missiles have a much longer range and move faster than cruise missiles of equal size. , but cruise missiles are still threatening as, while they can carry nuclear warheads, they fly relatively straight and low-flying, making them more difficult to detect. The latest launch marks the third major missile test reported by Pyongyang in 2021. On March 21, two cruise missiles were launched off the west coast, according to the Seoul military, while four days later it was the vault of two ballistic carriers in the Sea of Japan,believed to be an updated version of the iskander kn-23 type.

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13 September 2021 - North Korea has announced that it has "successfully" tested a new long-range cruise missile. This was announced by the official news agency KCNA.

"The missiles flew 1500 km before hitting targets and falling into the country's territorial waters during tests held on Saturday and Sunday," reports the KCNA agency.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was absent who would not have followed live the launches of the new cruise missile, which took place a few days after the night military parade in Pyongyang to celebrate the 73th anniversary of the founding of the state.

General Pak Jong-chon, a member of the presidium of the politburo of the workers' party along with other senior officials, watched the military operations.

"This is another great manifestation of the enormous capabilities of our country's defense science and technology and arms industry," Pak commented, stressing "the need to do everything possible to increase military capabilities, in achieving of great objectives, guaranteeing long-term war deterrence ".

The missile, however, is considered by observers to be part of a low-level provocation in the midst of the negotiation stalemate on the nuclear dossier with the United States, as it does not constitute a violation of the various UN sanctions decided over the years in response to ballistic plans and nuclear power stations of Pyongyang.

In the north, in fact, the use of ballistic technology is prohibited, but cruise missiles are not subject to sanctions as they are considered less dangerous than ballistic ones.

The carriers "traveled for 7,580 seconds along an oval and model-8 flight orbit in the air over land and territorial waters" in North Korea and "hit targets 1,500 km away," KCNA said. details of missile parts, thrust to the ground of the engine, flight, control and guidance, of warhead power, have been successfully conducted "the note concludes.

Pentagon: "Missile test threatens neighbors"

"The United States will continue to monitor the situation and will consult with allies and partners", is what the American Indo-Pacific command said, commenting on the news of the new missile tests carried out by North Korea over the last weekend. The commitment of the United States "in the defense of its neighbors to the North, South Korea and Japan" remains "ironclad".

South Korea

Concerns expressed by Seoul where "an in-depth analysis" of the new cruise missiles has undergone: the joint command of the South Korean General Staff has specified that the ongoing examination takes place in close collaboration with the US intelligence authorities. The South Korean defense, looking to the past, has disclosed information on ballistic missile launch tests in real time, but not for cruise carriers. The two photos of the carrier, published by the newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the 'voice' of the workers' party, showed a missile exiting one of the five tubes on a launch vehicle. The other photo shows a missile in horizontal flight. Experts noted that the weapon is reminiscent of the United States' tomahawk long-range cruise missiles and South Korea's hyunmoo-3c.

Ballistic missiles have a much longer range and move faster than cruise missiles of the same size, but cruise missiles are still threatening as, while they can carry nuclear warheads, they fly relatively straight and low in line, making it more difficult. to be detected. The latest launch marks the third major missile test reported by Pyongyang in 2021. On March 21, two cruise missiles were launched off the west coast, according to the Seoul military, while four days later it was the time of two ballistic carriers in the Sea of Japan, believed to be an updated version of the type iskander kn-23.

North Korea tests new long-range cruise missile. Pentagon: threat to neighboring countries

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