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N. Korea tests new rocket launcher control system

North Korea said on Monday it had developed a new control system for a multiple rocket launcher that would lead to a “qualitative change” in its defence capabilities. Pyongyang’s Academy of Defense Science successfully carried out a “ballistic control test firing of 240-mm caliber multiple rocket launcher shells” on Saturday to develop a “controllable shell and ballistic control system” for the launcher, state news agency KCNA reported. The new rocket launcher would now be “reevaluated” […]

North Korea condemns US moves to deploy nuclear missile submarine

SEOUL, July 10, 2023 (AFP) – North Korea on Monday accused a US spy aircraft of violating its airspace and condemned Washington’s plans to deploy a nuclear missile submarine near the Korean peninsula. A spokesperson for the North’s Ministry of National Defence said “provocative” flights were made by US spy aircraft this month, with one reconnaissance plane intruding into its airspace over the East Sea “several times”. “There is no guarantee that such shocking accident […]