North Korea’s missile launches in recent weeks were “tactical nuclear exercises” overseen by North Korean President Kim Jong-un, North Korean news agency KCNA revealed today.
According to the same news agency, the “Korean People’s Army Units, responsible for the use of strategic nuclear weapons, organized military exercises between September 25 and October 09, to verify and evaluate the capacity of deterrence and nuclear counterattack. from the country”.
And that military capability “is a stern warning to enemies,” North Korea’s official agency wrote.
In the past two weeks, North Korea has launched at least seven ballistic missile launches in a series of weapons tests.
The seventh launch took place on Saturday, hours after the United States and South Korea ended yet another naval exercise off the east coast of the Korean peninsula.
On Thursday, South Korea said 12 North Korean planes had flown over the common border region, taking Se
