North Korea launches several cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea for the third time

North Korea launched several cruise missiles today yellow sea (called the West Sea in both Koreas) in what represents the third such test in the past week, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

The South Korean armydetected several cruise missiles of unknown type launched by North Korea towards the West Sea at around 07:00 (22:00 GMT Monday) today, Tuesday, January 30, and the intelligence authorities of the Republic of Korea and U.S They are carrying out a detailed analysis on this“, detailed the JCS in a statement.

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This is the third launch of this type carried out by the regime in recent days, following cruise missile tests. Pulhwasal-3-31 (‘Fiery Arrow-3-31’) held on January 24th and 28th, respectively, at yellow sea and the sea of Japan (East Sea in both Koreas).

The North Korean leader himself, Kim Jong Unwitnessed the test on January 28th, in which Pyongyang He claimed to have fired the Pulhwasal-3-31 from a submarine, which reportedly made a flight of more than two hours.

For your part, Seoul He indicated that he is considering the possibility that the regime may have exaggerated the duration of the projectiles’ flight and declined to confirm whether they were launched from a submarine or a submerged platform.

North Korea unveiled its new submarine in SeptemberHero Kim Kun-ok‘, theoretically capable of launching projectiles of different types, including cruise missiles.

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Experts believe that Pulhwasal could be a third version of Hwasal cruise missiles (‘Arrow’) and that the number 31 would refer to the fact that they can carry the tactical nuclear warhead Hwasan-31 (‘Volcano-31’), whose existence was first revealed last year.

This new test takes place in a context of great tension with South Koreaafter Kim Jong-un recently declared that the neighboring state is “the main enemy” and that reconciliation between the two countries is impossible and then ordering the destruction of an iconic monument in Pyongyang that extolled a future reunification of the peninsula.

Source: Elcomercio

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