Source: Direct News
According to the Central TV News quoted by the DPRK news agency, the North Korean Missile General Administration on October 22 successfully conducted a test of an important weapons system, launched two high-speed aircraft from Pyongyang's RIPO district to the northeast, hitting the target point of the Salzburg northern Fisherman County Cockpit Peak.
Park Chung Tin, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers 'Party of Korea, Kim Jong Sik, First Deputy Minister of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Chang Chang Ha, Director of the North Korean Missile Administration, observed the test.
The state-of-the-art level of the new weapons system clearly demonstrates the continuous upgrading and upgrading of North Korean self-defense technology.
The test of the new weapons system is part of the DPRK's defense forces development program aimed at improving the sustainability and effectiveness of strategic deterrence against potential opponents.
The report only mentioned the "new weapon system" and did not introduce specific parameters such as missile types. According to some analysts, since the DPRK calls it a "hypersonic vehicle", the DPRK may test-fired the KN-23 series short-range ballistic missile "Hwasong-11E", which appeared at the military parade of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea earlier this month. The missile is equipped with a warhead shaped like a hypersonic taxiing vehicle (HGV).
Analysts pointed out that this is Pyongyang's resumption of missile tests after 167 days. It is also the first time that North Korea has launched a ballistic missile since South Korea's Lee Jae-ming government came to power in June.
Another view pointed out that the test launch came immediately after the inauguration of Japan's new Prime Minister Hayashi Takashi, or pre-empted Takashi's consistent tough line against North Korea, demonstrating Pyongyang's stance of "not accepting unilateral pressure."