North Korea announced that it conducted an important test of an "underwater nuclear weapons system under development" in the Sea of Japan.
The move is said to be a response to a joint exercise by Japan, the United States, and South Korea, which also included the participation of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
On the 19th, North Korea's Ministry of Defense released a statement via the state-run Korean Central News Agency stating that it had conducted an "important test of the Hail underwater nuclear weapon system under development" in the Sea of Japan.
This experiment was carried out by the Academy of National Defense Sciences' Underwater Weapon Systems Research as a countermeasure to the three-day joint training exercise by Japan, the United States, and South Korea that took place on the high seas south of South Korea for three days until the 17th, with the participation of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. It is said that the police conducted the test, but the date of the test was not disclosed.
Furthermore, he stated, ``We are fully equipped to respond to nuclear weapons under water.We will continue to conduct operations at sea and under the sea to deter hostile acts by the naval forces of the United States and its allies.'' I'm emphasizing.
In March and April 2023, North Korea also conducted tests on the Hail, a nuclear unmanned underwater attack craft that means tsunami in Korean, and claimed to have detonated the test warhead in the target area. was doing.