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North Korea Fires Barrage Of Suspected Cruise Missiles In “Major Show Of Force”

April 14, 2020 By SouthFront Leave a Comment

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Originally appeared at ZeroHedge

On Tuesday North Korea fired multiple suspected cruise missiles from both the ground and air off the country’s east coast, South Korea’s military said.

The missiles flew for over 93 miles (150km) at a low altitude according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, coming days after Kim Jong Un’s visit to an airbase to observe defense drills involving attack aircraft over the weekend.

North Korea Fires Barrage Of Suspected Cruise Missiles In "Major Show Of Force"

Tuesday’s launch shown on TV in Seoul, via AP.

The timing of the missile tests also comes on the eve of the celebration of the country’s late founder, Kim Il Sung – the current leader’s grandfather. The Associated Press described it as “a major show of force” on the occasion of the national holiday.

If confirmed it would mark the third such deeply provocative test since the beginning of March, after Pyongyang warned Washington over stalled nuclear talks, and at a moment fears are growing over a potential coronavirus outbreak in North Korea, which authorities are believed to be hiding from international media and reporting.

“The back-to-back launches were the most high-profile among a series of weapons tests that North Korea has conducted recently amid stalled nuclear talks and outside worries about a possible coronavirus outbreak in the country,” the AP reports.

“North Korean troops based in the eastern coastal city of Munchon first launched several projectiles — presumed to be cruise missiles — on Tuesday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement,” AP continues.

North Korea Fires Barrage Of Suspected Cruise Missiles In "Major Show Of Force"
Kim Jong Un attends a drill of mortar sub-units of North Korean Army in this image released by Korean Central News Agency on April 10. Source: KCNA via Reuters.

South Korea’s military also warned about a broader resumption of aggressive military drills by the north, as later in the day Tuesday Pyongyang also “launched several Sukhoi-class fighter jets that fired an unspecified number of air-to-surface missiles toward the North’s eastern waters,” according to a defense official cited in AP.

However, it should be noted that some reporters and analysts disputed the extensiveness of the alleged missile tests.

<Some clarity>

North Korea fired “several” short range air-to-surface cruise missiles from fighter jets this morning for 40 minutes. The missiles flew around 150km east into the sea. North Korean Sukhoi jets were also observed doing defence drills near China/North Korea border.

— Laura Bicker (@BBCLBicker) April 14, 2020


BBC Seoul Correspondent Laura Bicker described the launches as primarily “air-to-surface” – this despite South Korean television appearing to show ground launch missiles being fired.

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