SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea says it has successfully tested what it described as the longest-running nuclear weaponry in the weekend, the first test of its kind in recent months, showing how it continues to expand its military capabilities in the midst of nuclear weapons talks. and the United States.
Korea Central News Agency reported on Monday that the naval vessels, which have been under construction for two years, managed to hit 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) during a weekend flight test.
The North praises its new arrows as the “most important weapon” that accompanies leader Kim Jong Un’s call to strengthen the military, meaning it is being developed with the goal of equipping them with nuclear weapons.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff in South Korea said the military was investigating North Korea’s motives based on US and South Korean intelligence.
At a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party in January, Kim reaffirmed her commitment to strengthen her nuclear weapons against U.S. sanctions and was forced to provide a long list of new items, including long-range missiles, nuclear submarines, spy satellites and nuclear weapons. . Kim also said that its global security scientists are developing “medium-sized missiles with the world’s most powerful weapons.”
The North Korean weapons test is expected to develop a program of nuclear weapons and ammunition that could represent what it says is a atrocity in the US and South Korea, but is also read by foreign experts as a way to explain its leaders in Washington and Seoul.
The resumption of northern experiments may be an attempt to force Biden’s management to stop representing Kim after he failed to use his financial resources during President Donald Trump’s presidency.
North Korea ended a temporary suspension in a ballistic test in March by firing two short missiles at sea, and continuing the practice of testing new US governments and military demonstrations that test Washington’s response to their struggle.
But there was no trial for several months after this, Kim tried desperately to protect the coronavirus and save her property.
KCNA said the arrows tested over the weekend flew for 126 minutes “according to the oval and pattern-8 terrain” in North Korea with water before achieving their goals.
“The experiment tried to show that technical equipment such as the power of the turbine blasting engine, the direction of the arrows and the direction of the controls were in line with its design. Overall, the performance and equipment were proven to be excellent,” he said.
Apparently Kim was not involved in the test. The KCNA said Kim’s military chief, Pak Jong Chon, was watching the experiments and called on security scientists in the country “to improve their North Korean military capabilities.
Kim’s powerful sister last month also said North Korea was ready to re-test its weapons and issued a statement condemning the United States and South Korea for continuing to engage in war, which he said was “a clear demonstration of US weapons.”
He further added that the North was stepping up its crackdown on another official while threatening an unknown tactic that could put its allies at risk of “security challenges.”
Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
Negotiations between the United States and North Korea have stalled since the Trump-Kim summit collapsed in 2019, when Americans rejected North’s demands to help deal with nuclear weapons. Kim’s government has so far rejected what Biden’s management wants to discuss, wanting Washington to end its “evils” first.
The most recent test came after Kim staged a strange protest in Pyongyang last week that was the culmination of recent war crimes, the display of anti-virus workers in hazmat suits by industry-leading security forces and the rebuilding of flood-damaged areas with arrows and other weapons. opposition.
Experts say the demonstration only focuses on family tensions as Kim now faces severe tests as North Korea struggles with US-led economic sanctions over its nuclear weapons, closures of epidemics exacerbating the financial crisis, and food shortages intensified by floods. in recent summer.