North Korea Says It Test-Fired New Air-Defence Missile System in Wednesday Launch
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean state media reported on Thursday, November 5, that the country had test-fired a newly designed air-defence missile system the previous day and staged a cruise missile strike drill. The Korean Central News Agency said the air-defence test confirmed the technical specifications and reliability of the missile's new materials and multiple guidance modes; a sub-unit of the long-range strategic cruise missile unit in the east also struck a virtual airport target in a drill.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on the morning of November 4 that North Korea had launched several missiles from the Sondok area of North Hamgyong Province toward the East Sea, flying less than 300 kilometers. A South Korean Defence Ministry official said on Thursday that early detection data suggested the missiles could have been several different types. It was the fourth North Korean weapons launch in a month.
Earlier tests included about a dozen short-range ballistic missiles on October 29, a tactical ballistic missile fitted with a cluster warhead on October 31, and a strategic cruise missile test announced on November 2. Tensions between the two Koreas have deepened since a landmine blast at their border wounded three South Korean soldiers; a joint Seoul-UN investigation concluded the North had planted the mines more than a year earlier, while Pyongyang has denied responsibility and vowed to further fortify its border areas and resume its loudspeaker campaign.
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Source: Korean Central News Agency
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Photo: 图：朝鲜「黄蜂-5」地空导弹系统（资料图）。Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0。 / Photo: A North Korean Pon'gae-5 surface-to-air missile system (file photo). Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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