North Korea successfully test-fired a multi-warhead missile

According to the Associated Press, North Korea’s official news agency (KCNA) wrote about it: The launch tested the separation and guidance control of individual moving warheads to test the ability of multiple vehicles to return independently. to ensure.

According to North Korea’s official news agency, in this test, detached mobile warheads were correctly directed to three specific targets. This was North Korea’s first launch of a multi-warhead missile.

The North Korean news agency also quoted the country’s missile administration as saying that it is important to strengthen North Korea’s missile forces and develop missile technologies that the testing of this weapon has entered a full-scale stage.

High-tech multi-warhead missiles were among the weapons that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had on his wish list in 2011. Spy satellites, solid fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons and submarine nuclear missiles were also mentioned in this list.

North Korea has since conducted a series of tests to develop such weapons systems.

South Korea and Japan announced Tuesday night that North Korea had launched a ballistic missile into the sea. Yonhap news agency also confirmed this news by quoting the South Korean army.

North Korea also criticized this week’s transfer of the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt to the region to participate in joint exercises with South Korea and Japan, saying it shows new deterrence against the move.

The USS Roosevelt docked at the port of Busan in South Korea on Saturday and is scheduled to participate in exercises in the region for the next few days.