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North Korea test fires two ‘new’ air defense missiles, state media says
[IsraelTimes] North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...n leader Kim PudgeJong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... has overseen the test-firing of two "new" air defence missiles, state media says, after Pyongyang accused Seoul of fomenting tensions at the border. The test-firing, which took place yesterday, showed that the two "improved" missile weapon systems had "superior combat capability," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports. The KCNA report does not explain the new missiles in any detail, only that their "operation and reaction mode is based on unique and special technology." It also does not say where the test had been carried out. "The firing particularly proved that the technological features of two types of projectiles are very suitable for destroying various aerial targets," KCNA says. On the same day, Kim also communicated an "important task" for the defense science sector to carry out before a key party meeting, the report says. South Korea’s military said yesterday it had fired warning shots at several North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the heavily militarized border separating the two countries on Tuesday. UN Command put the number of North Korean troops that crossed the border at 30, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday. Pyongyang’s state media quotes Army Lieutenant General Ko Jong Chol as saying the incident was a "premeditated and deliberate provocation." "This is a very serious prelude that would inevitably drive the situation in the southern border area where a huge number of forces are [stationed] in confrontation with each other to the uncontrollable phase," Ko says. South Korea’s new leader Lee Jae Myung has sought warmer ties with the nuclear-armed North and vowed to build "military trust", but Pyongyang has said it has no interest in improving relations with Seoul. The missile tests also come as the South and the United States conduct extensive joint military drills. North Korea — which attacked its neighbour in 1950, triggering the Korean War — has long been infuriated by such exercises, decrying them as rehearsals for invasion. Related: North Korea: 2025-08-21 North Korea has secret ICBM base near China border: report North Korea: 2025-08-20 Newsom files FOIA request on Trump's decision to send Border Patrol to LA North Korea: 2025-08-19 North Korea’s Kim calls for rapid nuclear buildup amid US-South Korea exercises Posted by: trailing wife 2025-08-24 |
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