6 minutes agoNorth Korea confirms testing of new ballistic missile, UN emergency meeting
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)North Korea has confirmed that it has tested a new ballistic missile launched by submarines (SLBM), a day after South Korea reported launching what seemed to be an SLBM from the eastern coast of North Korea. State media said on Wednesday a new “Kind of” had been launched. SLBM [...]
State media said on Wednesday a new “type of” was launched. SLBM's and published a series of photographs, Klan Kosova reports.
The device had “many advanced control technology”, North Korean state news agency (KCNA) said, adding that it was shot by the same ship that North used in its first test five years ago.
The Leader Does Not Name the News Kim Jong Un, suggesting he didn't look at the evidence, writes Al Jazeera.
Lansim, near the town of Sinpo, where Pyongyang (the capital of North Korea) has large shipyard submarines, is the fifth since September, eighth this year, and the first test of an SLBM since 2019.
North is prohibited from testing missiles under UN sanctions.
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting for North Korea on Wednesday, at the request of the United States and United Kingdom.
