ROCKET MAN! Kim Jong-un launches cruise missiles – South Korea fires back By Kelly - Sep 16, 2021
Credit: South Korea Defense Ministry via AP
North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, state media said on Monday, seen by analysts as possibly the country’s first such weapon with a nuclear capability.
Almost immediately South Korea released its first underwater-launched ballistic missile (shown here), test-fired from a 3,000-ton-class submarine at an undisclosed location in the waters of South Korea on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, a senior North Korean official in her own right, responded to South Korea’s tests and President Moon Jae- in’s remarks by warning that they risked the “complete destruction” of ties between the two countries.
Earlier in the week, North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the East Sea (also called the Sea of Japan) – just hours before South Korea’s submarine missile test on Wednesday.
North Korea’s launch tested a new type of cruise missile that reportedly traveled nearly 1,000 miles to its target and may be capable of carrying a small nuclear weapon. The missile’s range and appearance share at least superficial similarity with the United States’ 40-year- old Tomahawk cruise missiles.
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