NK leader's sister says intermediate-range strategic missile was launched during firing drill

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, announced on Saturday that the country had conducted a firing drill involving an intermediate-range strategic missile earlier in the day. According to an announcement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the drill was carried out at dawn from the East Sea of Korea. Kim Yo-jong stated that an intermediate-range strategic missile was utilized for the drill.

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, personally oversaw the drill conducted by a firepower sub-unit, as reported by the KCNA. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff had earlier detected North Korea firing a ballistic missile towards the East Sea in the early hours of Saturday from the Wonsan area. The missile reportedly traveled over 700 kilometers.

Kim Yo-jong claimed that the superiority of the special flight mode applied to North Korea's missiles has been verified in practice. However, she also mentioned that when the wave-like trajectory mode was applied to the missiles, the enemy failed to track the targets from their first skip points.