MADRID Jan. 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The North Korean authorities confirmed this Tuesday the launch of a “new” intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, which was launched the day before from a “suburb” of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, and flew over about 1,500 kilometers before ” landing accurately in the waters of a simulated target in the open sea.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who supervised the “successful” launch test, has stressed that the test “did not have any negative effect on the security of neighboring countries” and that the objectives were the development of national defense capabilities. and strategic deterrence against “potential rivals in the face of the changing regional security environment.”
“The test demonstrated beyond a doubt that we are actively developing new-type weapon systems as powerful as the intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile to address the various security threats that hostile forces pose to our State today,” has declared.
Kim has emphasized that he considers that “it is possible that few countries in the world possess a weapons system of this type”, in which carbon fiber and a new method based on technologies introduced in the control system of flight and guide. “We have acquired a technical strength that is not easy to achieve,” he assured.
Although he expressed that it is a “clear achievement and a special event” to “be proud of,” he stressed that it is “a plan and an effort for self-defense, not a plan and an offensive action.”
“Like the intentional purpose of all military powers, the development of a new type of hypersonic missile is primarily aimed at steadily putting the country’s nuclear war deterrent on a forward basis by making the means to change the situation of war, the weapons system to which no one can respond, become the axis of strategic deterrence,” he stated.
This launch has coincided with the trip of the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, to South Korea, and takes place two weeks before the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, takes office, a ceremony that will be held on the 20th. of January. It is worth mentioning that the last launches were on November 5, the date on which the US presidential elections were held.
Relations between the two Koreas are at their lowest point in years due to increased ballistic tests by Pyongyang, which violate sanctions imposed by the United Nations, and closer military cooperation between Seoul and the United States.
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