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North Korea tests tactical guided missiles
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[REGNUM] North Korea conducted a test launch of tactical guided missiles. This was reported on January 18 by Reuters, citing the North Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA). The KCNA statement said that North Korea successfully launched two tactical guided missiles on January 17. They were launched in the western part of North Korea and accurately hit an island target in the East Korean Sea. Recall that the launch of two ballistic missiles was carried out by the DPRK on January 17 towards the Sea of Japan. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea, the missiles were launched from the area of Sunan International Airport in the vicinity of Pyongyang. Earlier , REGNUM reported that the UN called on the North Korean authorities to sit down at the negotiating table. It is noted that the DPRK has not had such a frequency of missile launches for a long time. This is the fourth launch of missiles since the beginning of the year. Related: North Korea: 2022-01-16 North Korean hackers stole $400 mln in cryptocurrency in 2021: Chainalysis North Korea: 2022-01-11 North Korea launched what is presumed to be a single ballistic missile from an ''inland area'' North Korea: 2022-01-07 N. Korea Claims Second Successful Test of Hypersonic Missile Posted by: badanov 2022-01-18 |
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