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| A previous DPRK Submarine Ballistic Missile test launch |
PYONGYANG, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced that it has successfully launched a ballistic missile from a submarine, the official KCNA news agency reported Sunday.
DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un guided the test, the KCNA reported.
The test is aimed to "confirm the stability of the underwater ballistic launching system in the maximum depth of waters, flying kinetic feature under the vertical flight system of the ballistic missile powered by the newly developed high-power solid fuel engine, the reliability of the phased heat separation and the working accuracy of nuclear detonating device of the warhead," said the KCNA.
The launch was "an eye-opening success" and Kim was satisfied with the result, it said. The DPRK-style submarine-launched ballistic missile technology met all technical requirements for carrying out an underwater attack operation, it said.
Kim said that submarine-launched ballistic missiles strengthen the underwater operation capability of the navy and that the military is now capable of attacking South Korean forces and the United States at any time.
He also urged DPRK scientists and technicians to step up the nuclear program in order to launch nuclear attacks on the United States and South Korean authorities "any time when the party (Workers' Party of Korea) is determined to do so."
The KCNA did not give the date of the test.
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