North Korea tries a new control system for missile launchers

On Monday, North Korea said that it had created a new multiple rocket launcher control system, which would result in a “qualitative change” in its defense capabilities.

In an effort to create a “controllable shell and ballistic control system” for the launcher, Pyongyang’s Academy of Defense Science successfully completed a “ballistic control test firing of 240-mm caliber multiple rocket launcher shells” on Saturday, according to official news agency KCNA.

According to KCNA, the new rocket launcher will now be “reevaluated” and have a “increased” role in combat.

nuclear-trained This year, North Korea threatened war for “even 0.001 millimeters” of territorial invasion, closed organizations devoted to outreach and reunification, and labeled South Korea as its “principal enemy.”

Leader Kim Jong Un referred to Seoul as the North’s “most dangerous and first enemy state and invariable arch-enemy” on Friday and reiterated Pyongyang’s threat to “put an end” to South Korea if it came under assault.

Following a North Korean artillery bombardment on two South Korean border islands in January, the South ordered a live-fire practice and issued evacuation orders for the local population.

In addition, Kim has increased the number of weapons tests he conducts. This year, he launched a number of cruise missiles, which some observers speculated the North may be giving to Russia to deploy in Ukraine.

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea has promised to meet any aggression from Pyongyang with force and has urged his armed forces to “act first, report later” if provoked.

Since taking office in 2022, the assertive Yoon has strengthened defense cooperation with the US and Japan, including increasing joint exercises, in order to face the escalating threats posed by Pyongyang.