North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees test of new tactical guided weapon: KCNA

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un bids farewell to the crowd before boarding his train to depart for North Korea at Dong Dang railway station in Vietnam, March 2, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a new type of tactical guided weapon on Wednesday, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Thursday.

 

It is North Korea's first public weapons test since the second U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi ended with no agreement in February.

 

KCNA did not describe exactly what the weapon is, including whether it was a missile or another type of weapon, but "tactical" implies a short-range weapon, as opposed to the long-range ballistic missiles that have been seen as a threat to the United States.

 

Nevertheless, the missile has a "peculiar mode of guiding flight" and "a powerful warhead," KCNA said.

 

Kim said "the completion of the development of the weapon system serves as an event of very weighty significance in increasing the combat power" of the North Korean army, according to KCNA.

 

Last year, Kim had also overseen a test of an unidentified "tactical weapon" in November, according to state media, which could protect North Korea like a "steel wall".

 

Last year, Kim had said North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, because Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities had been "verified."

 

The news of Kim's visit to the tactical weapon testing site comes after the North Korean leader visited the North Korean Air and Anti-aircraft Force on Tuesday, according to KCNA, inspecting a flight drill and expressing "great satisfaction" at their combat readiness.

 

Meanwhile, satellite images from last week show movement at North Korea's main nuclear site that could be associated with the reprocessing of radioactive material into bomb fuel, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in the United States said on Tuesday.

 

(Reporting by Joyce Lee and Josh Smith, editing by G Crosse and Grant McCool)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-04-18

What no Trump tweet about all the winning 

This was the specific justification Trump used to put this whole mess on the back burner.

 

Trump said he is pleased that there was no evidence North Korea had conducted nuclear or ballistic missile tests in more than a year.

 

“Speed is not that important to me,” the president said. “I very much appreciate no testing of nuclear rockets, missiles, any of it — very much appreciate it.”

 

“I am in no rush — just we don’t want the testing and we’ve developed something very special with respect to that,” Trump added.

 

So now what?

3 hours ago, attrayant said:

 

 

So now what?

Well..... unless it was all trump bluster and bulldust.... fire and fury? 

2 hours ago, farcanell said:

fire and fury?

Maybe Trump was referring to the atmosphere in the White House.

Wait until the full Mueller report is revealed.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Last year, Kim had also overseen a test of an unidentified "tactical weapon" in November, according to state media, which could protect North Korea like a "steel wall".

Ah, no wonder trump likes him, he’s wall obsessed as well.