The North Korea Test 2 new antiair missiles

North Korean leader Kim Jong a supervised the test of two types of new antianetic missiles, state media said on Sunday, showing their expanding military capabilities as the South Korean and American military carry out joint simulations.

The official Central Korean news agency of the North said that Saturday’s test demonstrated that missiles are effective to counteract aerial threats, such as drones and cruise missiles, and that Kim assigned “important” not specified tasks to defend scientists before an important political conference that is expected at the beginning of next year.

The report did not specify the missiles that were tested or where the event took place. He did not mention any Kim comments aimed at Washington or Seoul.

The evidence coincided with the trip of the new South Korean president Lee Jae Myung to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, where they promised to strengthen bilateral cooperation and its trilateral association with the United States to address common challenges, including nuclear northern ambitions of North Korea. Lee was going to Washington on Sunday for a summit with President Trump.

Kim’s government has repeatedly ruled out the calls of Seoul and Washington to restart long -standing negotiations aimed at reducing their nuclear weapons and missile programs, such as He continues to prioritize Russia As part of a foreign policy aimed at expanding ties with nations that face the United States.

From the invasion of Russia of Ukraine, Kim has sent thousands of troops and great arms shipments, including artillery and ballistic missiles, to help boost President Vladimir Putin’s war.

That has raised concerns about Moscow could provide technology that strengthens Kim’s nuclear weapons, with experts that indicate the old radar and antianetic systems of North Korea as a probable area of ​​cooperation.

The previous conservative Government of South Korea said in November that Russia supplied missiles and other teams to help strengthen the air defenses of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, but did not specify what systems were provided.

Kim celebrated a ceremony in Pyongyang last week to honor North Korean soldiers who fought in Ukraine, granting state titles of “heroes” to those who returned and placed medals along with 101 portraits of the fallen, praising them as “great men, great heroes and great patriots,” the state media reported.

According to the evaluations of South Korea, North Korea has sent around 15,000 troops to Russia since the past fall and around 600 of them have died in combat. Kim also agreed to send thousands of military construction workers to the Kursk region of Russia, a South Korean intelligence deployment believes that it could happen soon.

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