North Korea Claims to Have Test Fired a New Large Caliber Rocket; Not A Missile
North Korea says they did not test a missile, but instead a large caliber rocket system this week:
North Korea said Thursday it tested a new rocket system in launches conducted the previous day, raising questions about South Korea’s assessment that the communist nation is believed to have fired short-range ballistic missiles.
Leader Kim Jong-un “guided a test-fire of a newly developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system on July 31,” the Korean Central News Agency said.
“The test-fire scientifically confirmed that the tactical data and technical characteristics of the new-type large-caliber guided ordnance rocket reached the numerical values of its design, and verified the combat effectiveness of the overall system,” the KCNA said.
“After learning about the result of the test-fire, (Kim Jong-un) said that it is very great and it would be an inescapable distress to the forces becoming a fat target of the weapon,” it added.
The KCNA did not mention any country as its potential target, but the report appears to be referring to Seoul, which is apparently within the range of the weapon.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but the “fat target” North Korea is referring to could not only be Seoul, but Camp Humphreys as well.
From those “Downfall” parodies, I picture Moon saying something about “Steiner’s attack will…” and being reminded the US wants $5B, and that was before the Koreans started threatening them about the $350M over steel pipes. Moon should be fumbling with his glasses and yelling at an flunky about Fegelein about now…
Countries that have money for “advanced Nebelwerfers” don’t need food aid.
Of course I meant “at a
nflunky”I kept reading that report in either Marvin the Martian or Wily E Coyote’s voices, with about the same level of technology.
LOL. ACME, Inc.