North Korea Says It Tested Underwater Nuclear Weapons
North Korean officials claim they have tested an “underwater nuclear weapons system.” According to Newsweek , the city of Pyongyang tested a “Haeil-5-23” weapon in the East Sea, sometimes called the Sea of Japan. The…
North Korean officials claim they have tested an “Underwater nuclear weapons system.”
According to Newsweek, the city of Pyongyang tested a “Haeil-5-23” weapon in the East Sea, sometimes called the Sea of Japan.
The nation claimed to have first tested the underwater nuclear weapon in early 2023 and referred to it as an “Underwater nuclear attack drone.”
North Korea claimed that the Friday test was due to joint U.S., South Korea and Japan naval drills that were executed earlier this week.
These included three-day drills involving the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group. U.S. military officials stated that these were designed to “enhance combined readiness and capabilities and support a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
But officials in Pyongyang stated that they, “constituted a cause of further destabilizing the regional situation.”
According to a DPRK Press Statement, a spokesman for Ministry of National Defence stated, “We will never tolerate the reckless military confrontation hysteria.”