North Korea welcomed Trump by testing a new missile – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to the Mehr news agency, quoted from the news agencyYonhap» South Korea, Pyongyang announced on Wednesday that it had tested and fired strategic surface-to-sea cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea; This provocative action took place before the visit of US President Donald Trump to South Korea.

According to the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), this test was conducted on Monday under Pak supervision Jung Pak Jong-chon, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the ruling party, was carried out by the North Korean Missile Administration.

“Pak” said: “We are achieving important successes in the field of operationalizing nuclear power based on the strategic plan of the Party Central Committee to continuously expand the range of use of war deterrents.”

According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), these cruise missiles, which have been modified to be launched from a ship, were launched vertically and flew for more than 7,800 seconds (about 2 hours and 10 minutes) on a predetermined path over the Yellow Sea to destroy their target.

North Korea launches a missile test while Trump expressed his desire to meet with Kim during his visit to South Korea (October 29-30 / November 7-8) on the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Jung thatthe leader of North Korea had expressed.