North Korea tests submarine-launched cruise missiles, heightening tensions with Seoul
Pyongyang test-fired two types of cruise missile from a submarine, its state news agency said on Thursday, after weeks of friction with Seoul over a landmine explosion along their border. The missiles were fired into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on Wednesday without “any adverse impact on the security of neighbouring countries”, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)…
Pyongyang conducted submarine-launched missile tests, firing two types of cruise missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday, according to North Korea's state news agency. The tests came after weeks of tension with Seoul over a landmine explosion in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that injured three South Korean soldiers. The Navy claimed the launches were a training exercise to assess the readiness of underwater combat systems.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff monitored the missile launches, determining one was launched from a vertical launch system and the other from a torpedo tube. North Korea's submarine-launched cruise missile capability could expand its arsenal and provide a second-strike capability, according to military experts. Multiple ballistic missile tests by North Korea in October have heightened tensions with South Korea, which has developed its own hypersonic weapons.
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