The North Korean state-run media called it a “strategic weapon of great significance” which hints at the fact that it can carry a nuclear warhead, experts say.
, which is the most sophisticated cruise missile deployed by the South Korean military, also has a range of 1,500 km allowing it to hit targets well beyond the Korean Peninsula.A series of resolutions passed by the United Nations Security Council banned North Korea from developing or testing ballistic missiles. But the ban doesn’t affect cruise missiles and therefore such tests usually don’t trigger as much alarm.
While announcing the weapons test the North Korean state media noted that the missiles will provide the country with another effective means of deterrence in the face of “the military maneuvers of the hostile forces.” The statement is a likely dig at a nine-day joint military exercise conducted by South Korea and the United States last month. Nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea have stalled since a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and former U.S.
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