As if things weren’t tense enough lately, North Korea has released a video of the launch of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, which is capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
Kim Jong Un’s sister warned the U.S. that unless it stops conducting military exercises with its allies in the region, North Korea will turn the Pacific Ocean into its “firing range.”
Kim Yo Jong’s threat comes Monday morning as North Korea recorded two more ballistic missile launches off its east coast. Just two days before, North Korea fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea off Japan’s west coast.
Tweet sharing North Korea’s published video of an intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-15:
North Korea published a video of the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-15, which is capable of reaching the mainland of the United States. The world has gone chaotic in the past two years.
🔉 pic.twitter.com/cvmebBkgKF— TheRealBiffBifford 🇺🇸 (@TBifford) February 20, 2023
The North Korean leader’s sister said in a statement carried by the state news outlet KCNA, “The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends upon the US forces’ action character.”
Ung added, “We are well aware of the movement of U.S. forces’ strategic strike means recently getting brisk around the Korean Peninsula.”
Although Jong was not elaborative, it seems she was referring to the U.S. flying over of B-1B long-range, supersonic bombers during training with South Korea and Japan on Sunday.
While criticizing some South Korean experts who questioned North Korea’s ICBMs reliability she stated, “They had better rack their brains to take measures to defend themselves, instead of doubting or worrying about other’s technology,” Kim Yo Jong said.
She continues, “We affirm once again that there is no change in our will to make the worst maniacs escalating the tensions pay the price for their action.”
This is the North’s third known weapons test just in the new year after firing more than 70 missiles last year – the most, EVER. We will be keeping an eye out as the story continues to develop.
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