North Korean leader Kim Jong Un handed over 250 new “tactical ballistic missile launchers" to "front-line units" on the border with South Korea at a ceremony Sunday, according to state media.
The missiles are a "new core offensive weapon of our armed forces," the DPRK leader said as he called for improving nuclear capabilities to fend off threats from the U.S., the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un handed over 250 new “tactical ballistic missile launchers" to "front-line units" on the border with South Korea at a ceremony Sunday, according to state media.
The missiles are a "new core offensive weapon of our armed forces," the DPRK leader said as he called for improving nuclear capabilities to fend off threats from the U.S., the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.
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