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North Korea tests new 'tactical nuclear' weapon

2022-04-17 21:40:22Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

North Korea tests new 'tactical nuclear' weapon

North Korea says it has successfully tested a new weapon, which it says will significantly increase its nuclear tactical capabilities. Photos show the country's leader Kim Jong-un smiling and clapping as he watches the launch of the new missile.

Experts believe this is a sign that North Korea is planning to test a compact nuclear weapon soon - in other words, a tactical nuclear weapon.

North Korea banned nuclear testing in 2017.

A year later, it destroyed its nuclear test tunnels in Punggye-ri, in a move that was saw to be part of a diplomatic rapprochement with South Korea and the US.

But recent satellite images suggest that tunnel restoration is being carried out.

"The new guy's tactical guided weapon... there is a great importance in drasticly improving the firepower of frontline long-range artillery units and increasing efficiency in the operation of tactical nuclear weapons," the North's official news agency, KCNA, reported.

The agency added that Kim had given "important guidelines for further building the country's defense capabilities and nuclear fighting forces."

South Korea's military confirmed that two missiles - likely short-range - were launched from the North into the sea on Saturday evening. Experts say the testing time could be seen as a protest against joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises, which will take place for nine days from Monday.

North Korea has often denounced such exercises as a war provocation. The time also coincides with events celebrating the birth anniversary of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung last Friday.

Just three weeks before the celebrations, North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time since 2017.

North Korea is banned from testing them and has been heavily sanctioned for this before.

It has conducted other regular missile tests as part of its weapons development program.


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