Iran Press/ Asia: North Korea tested a railway-borne missile in its firing drills, state media KCNA said on Saturday, amid a US push for fresh sanctions against the isolated state following its recent series of weapons tests.
State media said two tactical guided missiles hit their target hours after Pyongyang accused the US of ‘provocation.’
South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said it had detected what it presumed were two short-range ballistic missiles launched eastward on Friday from North Pyongan province on South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said it had seen what it assumed were two short-range ballistic missiles launched eastward on Friday from North Pyongan province on the north-west coast of North Korea.
On Saturday, the official KCNA news agency said that a firing drill was held to “check and judge the proficiency in the action procedures of the railway-borne regiment,” which North Korea tested for the first time last September, designed as a potential counter-strike to any sinister forces.
It was the third time North Korea has launched ballistic missiles since New Year’s Day, an unusually rapid pace of weapons tests. The previous two launches involved what state media called “hypersonic missiles,” capable of high speeds and maneuvering after launch. North-west coast of North Korea.
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