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Top DPRK leader oversees intermediate-range missile launch drill: KCNA-Xinhua

PYONGYANG, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), oversaw an intermediate-range strategic missile launch drill early Saturday morning, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday. The missile hit a target in the waters off the country's east coast, said the report, adding that the drill was conducted to train the missile soldiers operating the hypersonic strategic weapon system in handling their equipment. "We must deter various threats by dint of powerful deterrent and ensure a safe environment for the building and activities of our state," Kim, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, was quoted by KCNA as saying. ■ Source link
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DPRK test-fires intermediate-range missile-Xinhua

PYONGYANG, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired an intermediate-range strategic missile during a drill early Saturday morning, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The DPRK launched the strategic weapon toward the eastern waters off the Korean Peninsula as its top leader oversaw the test, Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, was quoted as saying. The missile is capable of changing its flight trajectory at low altitude, and artificial intelligence technology was incorporated into the strategic weapon, Kim said. The missile can set at least four flight orbit modes based on different targets and strike purposes, according to the report. ■ Source link
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