North Korea Tests New Underwater Nuclear Attack 'drone': KCNA
Sumaira FH Published March 24, 2023 | 09:00 AM
Seoul, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Mar, 2023 ) :North Korea has tested an underwater nuclear attack drone designed to unleash a "radioactive tsunami" that would destroy enemy naval vessels and ports, state media said Friday.
During the drills from Tuesday through Thursday the North Korean military deployed and test-fired this new weapon system, the mission of which is to make the "super-scale" destructive wave, the KCNA news agency said.
"This nuclear underwater attack drone can be deployed at any coast and port or towed by a surface ship for operation," KCNA said.
The "secret weapon" was put in the water off South Hamgyon province Tuesday, and on Thursday it detonated a test warhead, the agency said.
Up to that point it had cruised for 59 hours and 12 minutes at a depth of 80 to 150 meters, the agency reported.
The North's Central Military Commission of the Worker's Party commanded the drills "in order to alert the enemy to an actual nuclear crisis and verify the reliability of the nuclear force for self-defence.
" After a record-breaking year of weapons tests and growing nuclear threats from Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington have ramped up security cooperation, and on March 13 kicked off their largest joint military drills in five years, known as Freedom Shield.
KCNA said that on Wednesday the North conducted fired strategic cruise missiles "tipped with a test warhead simulating a nuclear warhead."KCNA said two "Hwasal-1"-type strategic cruise missiles and two "Hwasal-2"-type strategic cruise missiles, launched in South Hamgyong province, accurately hit the target set in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan.
The South Korean military had reported the firing of multiple cruise missiles from the North on Wednesday.
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