North Korea has tested Mer-Sol strategic cruise missiles, the KCNA State news agency announced on Sunday, adding that the projectiles had reached their target with ” precision “.
“The means of deterrence of the armed forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are further perfected”said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who attended the tests on Saturday, according to the agency.
The missiles reached their targets after an elliptical trajectory of 1,500 kilometers, said the same source, adding that there was “No negative effect on the security of neighboring countries”.
KCNA simultaneously published photos where we see Kim Jong one to attend the test. If the agency spoke of “Mer strategic strategic cruise missiles (underwater) -Sol”, the shot, on the images, does not seem to have taken place from the sea.
This trial of North Korean strategic armaments has been the first since the US return to Donald Trump on January 20. A few hours before the inauguration ceremony, North Korea had pulled several short -range ballistic missiles.
The multiple sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council against North Korea for its nuclear arms and missile program prohibits it from launching ballistic missiles, which perform most of their trajectory in space. On the other hand, the cruise missiles, which fly at low altitude and are powered by a reaction engine, are not affected by these sanctions.
« Type intelligent »

Test of a cruise missile by North Korea, January 25, 2025 / Str / KCNA via KNS / AFP
During his first term (2017-2021), Donald Trump had met Kim Jong one three times, without this leading to an agreement on the denuclearization of North Korea. In an interview broadcast on Thursday, he said that he would again strive to regain contact with the North Korean leader whom he described as « type intelligent ».
Relations between North Korea and South Korea, which have been technically at war since their armed conflict from 1950-1953, have been lower for years.
The KCNA agency thus issued a press release from the North Korean Foreign Ministry criticizing Seoul and Washington for having conducted joint military exercises in January.
These exercises “Underline how much the RPDC must oppose the United States with the firmest countermeasures (…) as long as it will refuse sovereignty and safety interests of the RPDC”estimated the North Korean ministry.
“It’s the best way to do with the United States”added Pyongyang diplomacy.
The joint maneuvers regularly lead by the United States, South Korea and Japan regularly arouse the fury of North Korea, with nuclear weapons, which sees them as preparations for an invasion.
North Korea tested in October what it described as its most perfected intercontinental ballistic missile.
According to American and South Korean intelligence services, North Korea has also sent thousands of soldiers to Russia to support the war waged by Vladimir Putin against Ukraine.
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