North Korea warns against US-South Korea war drills with missile launch

Seoul. Strategic forces of North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) have conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile launch drill as a sign of warning against the ongoing US-South Korea war drills, state media reported on Friday. Went. DPRK’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported- Hwasongpho-17 was launched from Pyongyang International Airport on Thursday, reaches a maximum altitude of 6,045 km and precisely over a predetermined area in the open water off the east coast. Covers a distance of about 1,000 km before landing.

DPRK’s top leader Kim Jong Un, who presided over the launching event, praised the reliability of the operating system of the country’s nuclear strategic forces, KCNA reported. Kim took the occasion to reiterate the DPRK’s firm will to respond with nuclear for nuclear and all-out confrontation, and urged the strategic forces to resolutely maintain rapid response capability in the event of any armed conflict and war. asked for.

The country’s main newspaper Rodong Sinmun published a statement on Friday to coincide with the latest missile launch, underlining that the Hwasongpho-17, which was launched the day before, should be taken as clear proof that the DPRK nuclear force Not for advertising.

Citing the DPRK Law on Nuclear-Armed Forces Policy, the article said the country would retaliate strongly to anyone trying to encroach on its sovereignty and security. The United States should immediately stop reckless military provocations and war exercises against the DPRK, the statement said.

South Korea and the United States on Monday began Freedom Shield exercises, an annual large-scale joint military exercise, which will run until March 23.

–IANS