North Korea: We tested a strategic cruise missile

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, the North Korean government confirmed early on Wednesday that it had tested a cruise missile yesterday.

Pyongyang’s statement said that The strategic cruise missile “Huasal-2” was tested to measure the counterattack speed and improve its offensive capability.

According to Yonhap news agency, this is the third test of cruise missiles by the North Korean army during a It was last week.

In this statement, North Korea said that the test did not affect the security of neighboring countries, without providing further details such as the number of missiles tested or their flight distance.

It was Tuesday morning when South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that North Korea had fired several cruise missiles of unknown characteristics into the sea along the west coast.

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