North Korea fired a cruise missile for the second time in a week

According to the international group Tasnim news, the South Korean military announced in a statement that in less than a week, North Korea fired several cruise missiles for the second time today. Sinpo area on the east coast of this country shot.

According to this statement, these missiles were launched around 8:00 am local time today and South Korean and American intelligence officials evaluated them.

In this statement without mentioning the exact number These missiles, it said: While we seek to strengthen our surveillance and vigilance, our military is working closely with the United States in this regard and to assess the signs and further activities of North Korea.

while North Korea fired several cruise missiles from its west coast towards the Yellow Sea on Wednesday (January 24) .

Pyongyang returned these missiles It launched that the Navy’s special warfare unit held a 10-day exercise on the east coast of this country and on the border with North Korea’s Gangwon Province. The purpose of this exercise is to strengthen the operational readiness of the Navy following Pyongyang’s recent artillery fire near the disputed sea border with Seoul and conducting nuclear tests .

North Korea conducted its first test of a cruise missile capable of nuclear attack in September 2021.

while at the beginning of this month North Korea announced the test of a medium-range solid fuel hypersonic missile.

Accordingly, the purpose of this launch is to test the reliability of solid fuel, multi-stage high-thrust engines, as well as to test a maneuverable hypersonic control warhead with a range. Medium.

The launch took place while North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called his southern neighbor “the main enemy” and stated that he has no desire to avoid war with South Korea.

Kim made these statements while earlier during his last meeting with the leaders of the ruling party in In the past, he described the relations between the two Koreas as two hostile countries and stated that there is no vision of peace and reunification with South Korea.

a few days ago Also, Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, said to the military commanders of his country: We must use the most powerful tools We will use it to destroy America and South Korea.

Before that, North Korea’s state news agency reported that the country plans to upgrade its military power in the coming year 3 send a military surveillance satellite into Earth orbit and start building military drones.

Kim Jong Un also ordered the country’s military to establish peace and tranquility in all South Korean territory to be prepared, including with nuclear bombs, if necessary in response to any attack.

Before that, the president of North Korea announced that Pyongyang will not hesitate to use a nuclear attack in case of nuclear moves by the enemy. .

Since 2006, North Korea has been under numerous UN sanctions due to its nuclear program and ballistic missiles, these sanctions include banning the development and proliferation of ballistic missiles. Is. This technology was used to launch Pyongyang’s first spy satellite into Earth orbit and has been used to test dozens of ballistic missiles over the past 20 months. America has repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is ready to conduct its seventh nuclear test.

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