North Korea threatens to carry out more weapons tests after it fires its fourth pair of projectiles in less than two weeks following the start of joint exercises between the US and the South.
FOURTH TEST. People watch a television news screen showing a file footage of North Korea's missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on August 6, 2019. Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP
The speed of its statement Tuesday was also unusual, coming within an hour of the launch, rather than the more normal day later. Seoul has said all were likely to be short-range ballistic missiles – the North is banned from ballistic missile launches under UN Security Council resolutions – while Pyongyang has described some as a"large-calibre multiple-launch guided rocket system" or"tactical guided weapon".
"So we are compelled to develop, test and deploy the powerful physical means essential for national defense," the official added."The US and south Korean authorities cannot counter this even though they have 10 mouths."The North attacked its neighbor in 1950, triggering the Korean War, but has long argued it needs nuclear weapons to defend itself against invasion from the US.
US President Donald Trump last week downplayed the North's launches, saying the North's leader Kim Jong-un would not want to"disappoint" him.
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