09-12-2021, 10:40 PM
** 12-Sep-2021 World View: North Korea long-range cruise missile tests
North Korea has announced the successful tests of new long-range
cruise missiles.
The missiles are "a strategic weapon of great significance" and flew
1,500 km (930 miles) before hitting their targets and falling into the
country's territorial waters during the tests on Saturday and Sunday,
KCNA said.
Both South Korea and Japan are within range of the new cruise
missiles, and they possibly have a nuclear capability.
North Korea has been out of the headlines recently, and this has given
hope to Pollyannas that North Korea was denuclearizing. As I've been
writing to years, North Korea is absolutely committed to producing
nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles, and failure to do
so would result in the assassination of Kim Jong Un. For an analysis
of the history of North Korea's nuclear development, see the
following:
** 28-Mar-21 World View -- North Korea's ballistic missiles stoke the Denuclearization Delusion
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e210328
North Korea's new missile is a long-range cruise missile, not a
ballistic missile, so it falls outside of previous agreements.
Nonetheless, it shows that North Korea's missile development is
continuing.
-- N.Korea tests first 'strategic' cruise missile with possible
nuclear capability
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...021-09-12/
(Reuters, 12-Sep-2021)
North Korea has announced the successful tests of new long-range
cruise missiles.
The missiles are "a strategic weapon of great significance" and flew
1,500 km (930 miles) before hitting their targets and falling into the
country's territorial waters during the tests on Saturday and Sunday,
KCNA said.
Both South Korea and Japan are within range of the new cruise
missiles, and they possibly have a nuclear capability.
North Korea has been out of the headlines recently, and this has given
hope to Pollyannas that North Korea was denuclearizing. As I've been
writing to years, North Korea is absolutely committed to producing
nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles, and failure to do
so would result in the assassination of Kim Jong Un. For an analysis
of the history of North Korea's nuclear development, see the
following:
** 28-Mar-21 World View -- North Korea's ballistic missiles stoke the Denuclearization Delusion
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e210328
North Korea's new missile is a long-range cruise missile, not a
ballistic missile, so it falls outside of previous agreements.
Nonetheless, it shows that North Korea's missile development is
continuing.
-- N.Korea tests first 'strategic' cruise missile with possible
nuclear capability
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...021-09-12/
(Reuters, 12-Sep-2021)
