Pyongyang-Sana
The DPRK has successfully tested a new rail-moving missile system.
The missile launch exercise was conducted to confirm the practical application of the rail-mobile missile system that was deployed for the first time, and to assess the combat readiness and ability of the newly formed regiment to perform the duty of firing firepower suddenly and achieving efficiency in the event of war, the DPRK News Agency said today. Actual.
The agency indicated that the missile hit its target at a distance of 800 km from the launch point.
"The test was carried out successfully yesterday, in line with our party's strategic and tactical design and intent," said Pak Jong-chun, a member of the Presidium of the Politburo and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea who oversaw the launch test. It can deliver an intense and simultaneous severe blow to forces that represent a threat.”
"The deployment of the rail-mobile missile system to operate in accordance with the army modernization line and policies stipulated at the Eighth Congress of our Party is of great importance in increasing the country's war deterrent capability," Bak added.
Last Monday, the Academy of Defense Sciences of the Democratic Republic of Korea successfully test-fired a newly developed long-range "cruise" missile.