North Korea Reports Successful Test of Rocket Launcher
The report stated that the rockets, fitted with newly developed technology, hit a designated target located 358.5 km (223 miles) from the country’s coastline. The disclosure was made in a statement released on Wednesday by the news outlet.
A day earlier, South Korea’s armed forces reported that they had identified several short-range ballistic missiles being fired from an area north of Pyongyang in the direction of the Sea of Japan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally supervised the test alongside his daughter Ju-ae. He said the MLRS has been “improved to maximize its strike capability, and the mobility, intelligence.”
Kim emphasized that the most significant aspect of the modernized launcher is the “self-steered precisely guided flight system,” noting that this advancement allowed the rockets’ accuracy to be “remarkably” enhanced, as quoted by the news outlet.
According to Kim, the purpose of the test was exclusively to strengthen North Korea’s deterrence “against a nuclear war,” which he said demands possession of “the most reliable offensive capability.”
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