North Korea test-fires new missile from submarine

TIL Desk/World/Seoul/ North Korea on Thursday said that it has successfully test-fired a new-type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), boasting that the success “ushered in a new phase” in its self-defence capabilities just two days before resuming nuclear talks with the US.

The move marks a significant escalation from the short-range tests Pyongyang has conducted since May. The North”s Academy of Defence Science succeeded in test-firing the “new-type SLBM Pukguksong-3” in the waters off Wonsan Bay of the East Sea on Wednesday.   

The missile was fired “in vertical mode”. “The test-firing scientifically and technically confirmed the key tactical and technical indexes of the newly-designed ballistic missile and had no adverse impact on the security of neighbouring countries”.

“The successful new-type SLBM test-firing comes to be of great significance as it ushered in a new phase in containing the outside forces” threat to the Democratic People”s Republic of Korea and further bolstering its military muscle for self-defence,” added the report.