North Korea launches new barrage of missiles
Kim Jong-un oversees yet another SRBM test in North Korea, as he burnishes his credentials as ‘rocket man’. (KCNA)
To date, North Korea has launched 15 ballistic and cruise missiles in a three-week period in its latest ill-tempered demonstration of belligerence.
North Korea fired a volley of 13 ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles from 25 September to 14 October, demonstrating that the country has a large stock of missiles and that it misses being the focus of international attention.
The spurt of weapon launches commenced with the firing of a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) based on the nuclear-capable KN-23. What was novel about this launch was that it occurred from underwater in a reservoir.
Indeed, the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) described it as ‘a ballistic missile launching drill under the simulation of loading tactical nuclear warheads at
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