North Korea has test-fired a 'new-type tactical guided weapon,' a move that could be an attempt to register the country's displeasure with currently deadlocked nuclear talks with the United States.
A photo released on April 16, 2019, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observing a flight drill of combat pilots of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed site.
The country's leader, Kim Jong Un, observed the firing by the Academy of Defense Science of the unspecified weapon on Wednesday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said. Kim was reported to have said that"the development of the weapon system serves as an event of very weighty significance in increasing the combat power of the People's Army.
The recent activity, however, is probably not a banned ballistic missile test, which would jeopardize diplomatic talks meant to provide the North with concessions in return for disarmament. One of the lower-level officials mentioned in the North's report on the test — Pak Jong Chon — is known as an artillery official. The test comes amid reports of new activity at a North Korean missile research center and long-range rocket site where the North is believed to build missiles targeting the U.
This is the first known time Kim has observed the testing of a newly developed weapon system since November, when North Korean media said he observed the successful test of an unspecified"newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon." Some observers have been expecting North Korea to orchestrate"low-level provocations," such as artillery or short-range missile tests, to register its anger over the way nuclear negotiations were going.
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