North Korea hurls SRBM-style projectiles
North Korean media publicised the latest firing tests of a ‘super-large multiple rocket launcher' (MRL) on 9 March. Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un supervised this strike drill performed by the Korean People’s Army (KPA).
On this latest occasion, three projectiles were fired a distance of around 200km from the Sondok area against an island in the Sea of Japan, reaching an apogee of 50km.
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