North Korea announced that it launched Haval-2 strategic cruise missiles on Tuesday

North Korea confirmed this Wednesday that the strategic cruise missiles it had launched the day before were Hwasel-2 projectiles. Improve your quick counterattack ability, According to state media.

“The exercise contributed to controlling the Korean People’s Army’s (KPA’s) rapid counterattack and improving its strategic strike capability and “There was no adverse impact on the security of neighboring countries.”

Reported today by North Korean state agency KCNA.

The agency confirmed that the missiles launched on Tuesday were a second version of the Haval (‘Arrow’) cruise missiles, although it did not provide further details on the number of projectiles fired or the distance they covered.

The South Korean military said Tuesday that North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea (known as the West Sea in both Koreas), which it could not precisely identify, in the area in which it struck. The third such test in the last week.

Tuesday’s test also included Pulhwasl-3-31 (‘Burning Arrow-3-31’) cruise missile tests conducted on January 24 and 28 in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of ​​Japan (both East Sea in Korea). , respectively.

North Korea first tested Hwasal-1 and Hwasal-2 cruise missiles in September 2021 and January 2022 and has since launched several of these projectiles, which are believed to be Flight range of 1,500 kilometers and 2,000 kilometers, Respectively.

Experts believe that Pulhwasal could be a version of Hawasal and the number 31 would refer to the same They can carry tactical nuclear weapons Hwasan-31 (‘Volcano-31’), the existence of which was first revealed last year.

Although North Korea’s cruise missile launches are not punishable under UN sanctions, the fact remains that they fly at low altitudes and enjoy maneuverability. A difficult weapon to intercept.

These latest tests are taking place in the context of heightened tensions 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 ordered the destruction of an iconic monument in Pyongyang that promoted the future reunification of the peninsula.