North Korea over the weekend staged a “tactical nuclear attack virtual launch drill” and warned Washington and Seoul of a possible “real nuclear crisis,” North Korean state-run media reported Sunday.
Saturday’s digital nuclear assaults, reported by Pyongyang’s KCNA state information company, got here simply two days after U.S. and South Korean forces wrapped up their very own main joint navy workouts. Pyongyang stated its nuclear drill was a direct response to these U.S.-South Korean workouts.
“The recklessness and danger of confrontational madness recently displayed by the U.S. and South Korean thugs is unprecedented in history,” KCNA stated in its report. “In the early morning of Sept. 2, a tactical nuclear attack virtual launch drill was held to warn the enemy of a real nuclear crisis.”
KCNA stated that “two long-range strategic cruise missiles equipped with a test combat unit simulating a nuclear combat unit were tested” as a part of the train. Pyongyang stated the drills have been profitable.
But South Korean officers had a special evaluation.
“An analysis indicated that North Korea’s announcement this morning was exaggerated. Not all of them succeeded,” a senior official with South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff informed the nation’s Yonhap News Agency, referring to Pyongyang’s missile launches.
North Korea staged equally provocative drills final week. Those workouts have been “aimed at occupying the entire territory of the southern half [of Korea] by repelling the enemy’s sudden armed invasion and switching over to an all-out counterattack,” North Korean state-run media stated.
The drills encompassed tactical nuclear strikes and the destruction of U.S. and South Korean command facilities. They got here amid the 10-day “Ulchi Freedom Shield” joint drills by South Korean and American forces, which began on Aug. 21 and concluded final week.
• Andrew Salmon contributed to this report.
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