North Korea test fires cruise missiles to demonstrate nuclear counterattack

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SEOUL - North Korea has test-fired four strategic cruise missiles during a drill designed to demonstrate its ability to conduct a nuclear counterattack against hostile forces, its state media said on Friday (Feb 24). The exercise on Thursday involved an apparently operational strategic cruise missile unit of the Korean People's Army, which fired the four 'Hwasal-2' missiles in the area...

A strategic cruise missile is launched during a drill in this undated photo released on Feb 24, 2023SEOUL - North Korea has test-fired four strategic cruise missiles during a drill designed to demonstrate its ability to conduct a nuclear counterattack against hostile forces, its state media said on Friday .

The drill demonstrated "the war posture of the DPRK nuclear combat force bolstering up in every way its deadly nuclear counterattack capability against the hostile forces," said KCNA. North Korea has forged ahead steadily in developing and mass producing new missiles, despite sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council resolutions that ban the nuclear-armed country's missile activities.

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