North Korea confirms ‘successful’ tactical missile test

2 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –

North Korean authorities confirmed on Tuesday the “success” of a tactical missile test the day before, when the South Korean Army reported the launch of two ballistic missiles towards the Sea of ​​Japan.

“The Missile General Office of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea successfully test-fired a new type of tactical ballistic missile, the ‘Hwasongpo-11Da-4.5’, on July 1,” North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said in a statement.

This new projectile, equipped with a 4.5-ton “super-large” warhead, has a minimum range of 90 kilometers and a maximum range of up to 500 kilometers.

The office has also confirmed that it will carry out a test in July to confirm the precision and power of this same missile in a “medium-range” launch of 250 kilometres.

North Korea launched another ballistic missile on June 26 in what it claimed was a “successful test of a missile with multiple warheads.” The missile exploded in mid-flight, Seoul said, a claim denied by the North Korean government.