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North Korea fired another missile.

He said it was a new tactical guided weapon, but he even more explicitly revealed the nuclear threat to South Korea by mentioning the use of tactical nuclear weapons.



Reporter Kim Min-jung on the sidewalk.



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A missile is launched while General Secretary Kim Jong-un is watching.



North Korean media reported that a test-fire of a new tactical guided weapon was carried out on the morning of the 17th, and mentioned the use of tactical nuclear weapons.



[Chosun Central TV: In order to dramatically improve the firepower striking power of long-range artillery units on the front line, and to strengthen the effectiveness of tactical nuclear operation and the diversification of firepower missions...

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The fact that artillery units near the demarcation line are targeting South Korea and that tactical nuclear weapons are supposed to cause an armed conflict with South Korea makes the missile launched this time implying that it is possible to load a nuclear warhead, making the nuclear threat to South Korea explicit. It will be solved.



When North Korea launched a ballistic missile, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, which had been notified immediately, confirmed the missile launch only after the North Korean announcement was made this time.



It is known that it took time to analyze because it has different specifications from existing missiles.



[Kim Jun-rak/Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs Office: Our military caught two projectiles fired by North Korea from the Hamhung area into the East Sea (about 6 pm yesterday)...

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The North Korean projectile was detected at an altitude of about 25 km, a flight distance of about 110 km, and a top speed of less than Mach 4.0.



Military authorities have in mind the possibility that this missile is similar to the existing Iskander missile in appearance, but it may be new.



In particular, attention is being paid to the suggestion of loading a nuclear warhead on short-range missiles with a flight range of less than 100 km.



If the North Korean claim is true, it is because even North Korean artillery units near the demarcation line can threaten South Korea with nuclear missiles.



This launch seems to contain the meaning of protest against the South Korea-U.S. joint exercises starting tomorrow.



The Blue House held a National Security Council meeting, and President Moon Jae-in instructed to thoroughly manage the situation.



(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)