North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un personally watched his military test powerful rocket launchers on Saturday, hitting targets more than 200 miles away. The weapons test came as the United States and South Korea conducted joint military exercises in the region.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un personally supervised his military’s testing of powerful rocket launchers on Saturday, according to the country’s state-controlled media.
The weapons test involved 600mm-caliber multiple rocket launchers that successfully struck targets on an island in the East Sea, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency reported.
“The launched rockets battered the island target in the East Sea of Korea about 364.4 km away with the accuracy of 100 percent,” KCNA said.
South Korean military officials confirmed that North Korea fired more than 10 ballistic missiles into the ocean on Saturday. The launch occurred while American and South Korean forces were conducting joint military exercises, and as former President Donald Trump has made new attempts to restart diplomatic talks with the North Korean regime.
According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missiles were fired from a location near North Korea’s capital city of Pyongyang at approximately 1:20 p.m. local time. The projectiles were aimed toward waters off the nation’s eastern coastline.
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