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Title: Dialing up pressure, North Korea tests long-range missile
Post by: Gefn on March 24, 2022, 11:35:43 am

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired possibly its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, according to its neighbors, raising the ante in a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States and other rivals to accept it as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions.

The launch, which extended North Korea’s barrage of weapons tests this year, came after the U.S. and South Korean militaries said the country was preparing a flight of a new large ICBM first unveiled in October 2020.

South Korea’s military responded with live-fire drills of its own missiles launched from land vehicles, aircraft and a ship, underscoring a revival of tensions as nuclear negotiations remain frozen. It said it confirmed readiness to execute precision strikes against North Korea’s missile launch points as well as command and support facilities.


https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-north-korea-fdb416abc13beb76fb719d3452f97828

Title: Re: Dialing up pressure, North Korea tests long-range missile
Post by: Gefn on March 24, 2022, 11:38:18 am

South Korea says DPRK fires 'unidentified projectile' into eastern waters


https://www.southkoreanews.net/news/272416869/south-korea-says-dprk-fires-unidentified-projectile-into-eastern-waters#