Kim plays “Rocket Man” again – North Korea tests a defense missile – Politics abroad

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Kim Jong-un is flexing his military muscles again to explain to the rest of the world that he will continue to be taken seriously in the post-Donald Trump era.

North Korea claims to have tested a “newly developed” anti-aircraft missile. The state news agency KCNA reported on Friday that the missile’s “remarkable combat properties” were checked during the test. The floor has “new key technologies”. The test is the latest in a series of North Korean weapons tests.

Photo: Kim Un Hyok/dpa

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This photo, provided by the North Korean government on October 1, 2021, shows what the Pyongyang regime calls the test launch of a newly developed anti-aircraft missilePhoto: Kim Un Hyok/dpa

Menschen im Seouler Bahnhof sahen am vergangenen Dienstag ein Fernsehbild des nordkoreanischen RaketenstartsPhoto: Ahn Young-Joon/dpa

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People in Seoul train station saw a television picture of the North Korean rocket launch last TuesdayPhoto: Ahn Young-Joon/dpa

It was only on Tuesday that Pyongyang reported the successful test of a hypersonic missile. If the North Korean information is correct, the internationally isolated country would have reached a further stage in upgrading its arsenal. Hypersonic missiles are extremely fast and flexible, which makes their destruction by missile defense systems very difficult.

Numerous Western states had strongly condemned the alleged hypersonic missile test. The internationally largely isolated North Korea is subject to strict US and UN sanctions because of its nuclear and missile program. The UN Security Council plans to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the situation.

How much Kim is currently flexing his muscles and begging for international attention, which Donald Trump’s successor in the White House, President Joe Biden (78) has so far denied him, is also shown by this: On September 15, North Korea boasted that missiles were in motion Having started the train.

Pak Jong-chon, a secretary of the ruling Labor Party, said the “missile system on trains is an effective means of counter-attack” against forces threatening the country.

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