North Korea test-fired a new generation of strategic cruise missiles on Wednesday, January 24, the state press agency announced.
The KCNA report did not specify the number of missiles tested, but it came hours after the South Korean military said the North had fired several cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea west of the peninsula. Korean.
The South Korean army had earlier announced that its northern neighbor had fired several cruise missiles towards the Yellow Sea, at a time when tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang are at their height.
“Our military detected several cruise missiles launched by North Korea towards the Yellow Sea”
around 7 a.m. Wednesday (10 p.m. GMT Tuesday), the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
“The detailed specifications are closely analyzed by South Korean and American intelligence services
,” he added.
Tests of cruise missiles, which fly in the atmosphere, do not fall under the sanctions imposed by the UN on North Korea.
And this unlike ballistic missiles, whose trajectory takes place mainly in space, and nuclear weapons.