A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the US Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. — AFP: At least one of the weapons North Korea fired at the weekend had many of the hallmarks of a missile, but that was the one word conspicuously missing from descriptions of the tests by Washington, Seoul, and even Pyongyang.
So Seoul, Washington and Pyongyang all have an incentive to play down the nature of the weekend drills. North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said the Saturday drills involved “long-range multiple rocket launchers” — which are not targeted by UN sanctions resolutions — and unspecified “tactical guided weapons”.
They had a range of around 70km to 240km and fell into the sea, it said, but further analysis was required on whether they were short-range ballistic missiles. And the respected 38 North website said in a commentary that Saturday’s drills did not amount to a policy reversal by Pyongyang, which would “require a major and wrenching strategic line change”.
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