But some analysts are saying North Korea’s touted missiles appear to be Russian designs.
The announcement of the tests also occurs just weeks before the annual joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, that annually draws colorful rhetoric and promises of catastrophe from Pyongyang.
The test-firing took place in the East Sea and the North Korean media boasted that its “intelligent rocket precisely sought, tracked and hit the ‘enemy’ ship after taking a safe flight.”
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Through KCNA, North Korea has since denounced U.S. with its colorful slogans as: “Let’s wipe out and annihilate the enemy and give death to him!” and warning that the U.S. “imperialists will face final doom.”
After the Korean War, which ended with an armistice in 1953, the U.S. has maintained military personnel in South Korea. Based on a mutual defense treaty, the countries have carried out annual joint military exercises between U.S. units and South Korean armed forces, that they say are defensive in nature.
