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North Korean leader marks the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline units
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korean-leader-marks-delivery-025304593.html
North Korean leader marks the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline units
KIM TONG-HYUNG
Sun, August 4, 2024 at 10:53 PM EDT
4 min read
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea marked the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline military units at a ceremony where leader Kim Jong Un called for a ceaseless expansion of his military's nuclear program to counter perceived U.S. threats, state media said Monday.
Concerns about Kim’s nuclear program have grown as he has demonstrated an intent to deploy battlefield nuclear weapons along the North’s border with South Korea and authorized his military to respond with preemptive nuclear strikes if it perceives the leadership as under threat.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said the launchers were freshly produced by the county’s munitions factories and designed to fire "tactical” ballistic missiles, a term that describes systems capable of delivering lower-yield nuclear weapons.
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KIM TONG-HYUNG
Sun, August 4, 2024 at 10:53 PM EDT
4 min read
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea marked the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline military units at a ceremony where leader Kim Jong Un called for a ceaseless expansion of his military's nuclear program to counter perceived U.S. threats, state media said Monday.
Concerns about Kim’s nuclear program have grown as he has demonstrated an intent to deploy battlefield nuclear weapons along the North’s border with South Korea and authorized his military to respond with preemptive nuclear strikes if it perceives the leadership as under threat.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said the launchers were freshly produced by the county’s munitions factories and designed to fire "tactical” ballistic missiles, a term that describes systems capable of delivering lower-yield nuclear weapons.
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