North Korea "Launch of Long-Range Strategic Cruise Missile, Simulated Tactical Nuclear Attack Drill"

Opposition to ROK-US Joint Air Exercise
"A Real Nuclear Crisis Warning"

North Korea announced on the 3rd that it conducted a simulated tactical nuclear attack launch exercise by firing a long-range strategic cruise missile in the early morning of the 2nd.

Korean Central News Agency reported that "the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea issued the relevant military training order to thoroughly demonstrate the will and capability to deter the enemy's invasion war attempts," and that in the early morning of the previous day, "a simulated tactical nuclear attack launch exercise was conducted to give a practical nuclear warning to the enemies." The Korean People's Army's Western District strategic cruise missile unit carried out the military activity.

The agency stated, "Before the launch, the rapid operational normalcy of the technical and institutional devices of the nuclear attack command authentication procedure and launch approval system was inspected, and according to the rapid approval procedure, two long-range strategic cruise missiles equipped with test warheads simulating nuclear warheads were launched in a real combat environment."

North Korea announced on the 3rd that it conducted a simulated tactical nuclear strike exercise by launching a long-range strategic cruise missile in the early morning of the 2nd. [Image source=Yonhap News]

It further claimed, "The missile unit involved in the exercise launched the long-range strategic cruise missiles from the estuary of the Cheongcheon River into the West Sea of Korea, flying simulated 'figure 8' flight trajectories over a distance of 1,500 km for 7,672 to 7,681 seconds, and then detonated them in the air at an altitude of 150 meters above the target island, accurately performing the nuclear strike mission."

The agency criticized the joint South Korea-U.S. air-to-air and air-to-ground live-fire exercises conducted over two days immediately after the conclusion of the South Korea-U.S. combined exercise "Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS)" on the 31st of last month, stating that "they blatantly revealed their military confrontation intentions," and that "the recklessness and danger of the confrontation madness recently displayed by the United States and the 'Republic of Korea' gangsters are unprecedented in history."

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that they detected several cruise missiles launched by North Korea toward the West Sea around 4 a.m. the previous day.

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