WNAM Monitoring: North Korea said Wednesday it conducted a drill to launch the Hwasal-2 strategic cruise missile the previous day to check its rapid counterattack posture and improve its strategic striking capability.
The launch in the Yellow Sea had “no adverse effect on the security of a neighboring country,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said without giving further details, including how many missiles were launched and how far they flew.
South Korea had said Tuesday the North fired several cruise missiles off the west coast.
Photos released by the KCNA showed a Hwasal-2 cruise missile flying at a low altitude.
Cruise missiles, powered by jet engines, fly low and maneuver, making them hard to detect and intercept.
White stripes were visible on the dark-colored body of the missile, resembling the appearance of a Hwasal-1 cruise missile that was previously launched.
