According to the state news agency KCNA reported today, the test was conducted as part of the training of units that operate such weapons, and to demonstrate to enemies “the counter-strike capability of the Korean People’s Army” and deter them from their aggressive plans. Launched into the West Sea of Korea, the missiles accurately hit the targets after flying along an elliptical trajectory of 1,587 kilometers, in both cases in less than eight seconds, KCNA said.

The secretary general of the Workers’ Party of Korea and chairman of the Affairs Committee expressed satisfaction with the result of the exercise and said that permanently testing the components of the DPRK’s nuclear deterrent defense system and demonstrating its might are a responsible exercise of war deterrents.

Preserving the sovereignty and security of the state with a reliable shield is the responsible mission and duty of the DPRK nuclear armed forces, he stressed.

Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Army General Kim Jong Sik and Army General Jang Chang Ha, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and head of the DPRK Missile Headquarters, respectively.

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