North Korea again fired several cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea

North Korea today fired multiple cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea (known as the West Sea in both Koreas) Third such test last week, The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) gave this information.

The South Korean military “detected multiple cruise missiles of unknown type launched by North Korea toward the West Sea at approximately 07:00 today, Tuesday, January 30 (22:00 GMT on Monday), and the Republic’s intelligence officers Korea and the United States are conducting detailed analysis In this regard,” JCS elaborated in a statement.

This is the third such launch the regime has conducted in recent times, following the tests of Pulwachl-3-31 (‘Burning Arrow-3-31’) cruise missiles on January 24 and 28, respectively. The Yellow Sea and the Sea of ​​Japan (both East Sea in Korea).

Late North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, I watched the test on January 28, in which Pyongyang claimed to have fired from a submarine Pulhvasal-3-31, which would have flown for more than two hours.

For his part, Sale indicated that he was considering the possibility that the ruling The duration of the projectile’s flight will be exaggerated And he also did not want to confirm whether they were launched from a submarine or a submerged platform.

North Korea unveiled it in September New submarine ‘Hero Kim Kun-ok’, Theoretically capable of launching a variety of projectiles, including cruise missiles.

Experts believe the Pulhavasal may be a third version of the Havasal (‘Arrow’) cruise missiles and the number 31 will refer to the fact that they can carry the Havasan-31 (‘Volcano-31’) tactical nuclear warhead, Whose existence came to light for the first time last year.

This new test occurs in the context of Big tension with South Korea, Kim Jong-un recently declared that the neighboring state is the “main enemy” and that rapprochement between the two countries is impossible and then he ordered the destruction of an iconic monument in Pyongyang that threatened the future reunification of the peninsula. Promoted.