North Korea has drawn a new missile, according to the South Korean army, which adds that ten combat aircraft were detected flying 25 kilometers north of the common border.
Le Monde
Real tests and shots are intensifying. North Korea has drawn a new ballistic missile, reported the Yonhap news agency, citing the South Korean army, Thursday October 13.
According to the South Korean staff, ten combat aircraft were detected flying 25 kilometers north of the border between the two states between 11:30 p.m. Thursday and 00:00 Friday, local hours. North Korean planes crossed a “recognition line”, triggering an automatic response from Seoul, which then sent combat aircraft, including F-35A.
Record year ‘Weapons tests by North Korea
This episode comes in the aftermath of the tests of two strategic cruise missiles long range by Pyongyang, announced by the North Korean official press, which specify that they were supervised by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un . Pyongyang described its recent missile tests as nuclear tactical exercises, simulating strikes on airports and military installations in South Korea.
During the night of Saturday October 8 to Sunday October 9, North Korea had also drawn two ballistic missiles short -range towards the border country, two days after similar shots.
These recurring shots are part of a record year of arms tests by North Korea; Kim Jong-Un said that the country was an “irreversible” nuclear power, thus ending the possibility of denuclearization talks.
Pyongyang also pulled, on October 4, a ballistic missile of intermediate range above Japan, where the populations concerned had to take shelter.
North Korea justified this series of tests by American “military threats” and its allies, claiming in early October “follow very closely the extremely disturbing evolution of the current situation”, in reference to Deployment of the American aircraft carrier USS Ronald-Reagan during joint maneuvers between the American and South Korean armies in which a Japanese destroyer took part. These common exercises between Seoul and Washington arouse the anger of Pyongyang, who considers them as the rehearsals of an invasion.
According to analysts, Pyongyang took advantage of the United Nations impasse to carry out ever more provocative tests. In addition, Seoul and Washington have warned for months that Pyongyang will carry out a new nuclear test, probably after the Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (PCC), October 16.