North Korea announces test of 'tactical guided weapon'
Source: Washington Post
TOKYO— North Korea announced that it test-fired a new tactical guided weapon on Thursday that increased the “combat power” of the country’s military.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency said the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, oversaw the firing of the weapon by the Academy of Defense Science.
It was not immediately clear what type of weapon the North Koreans fired, but experts said the description appeared to rule out a ballistic missile, meaning the move would not violate North Korea’s self-declared moratorium on testing.
Nevertheless, the action would mark the first public weapons test since President Trump’s summit with Kim in Hanoi in February and is a calibrated sign of defiance by Kim following a stalemate in the high-stakes denuclearization talks.
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