North Korea announced long range strike test

Officially, North Korea had not carried out a missile strike since November 29, 2017. She had then tested an intercontinental ballistic missile she thought she could reach the United States.

Relations between Pyongyang and Washington are once again in turmoil. North Korea announced on Friday (May 10th) a "long-range" strike test in the aftermath of the US court seizure of a North Korean freighter accused of violating international sanctions. exporting coal and importing machinery. This North Korean trial took place just as Stephen Biegun, US Special Representative for North Korea, was visiting Seoul, South Korea.

"Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un read a plan to conduct an exercise (…) using several long-range strikes, and gave the order to proceed with the exercise" The official North Korean news agency, KCNA, reported, without specifying the type of weapons tested and not including the word "missile". The Pyongyang announcement contradicts information from the South Korean army that the weapons tested are two short-range missiles that have traveled 270 and 420 kilometers respectively.........