North Korea conducts ‘crucial test’ at its long-range rocket launch site strengthening its strategic nuclear deterrent’, military leaders claim
- Comes as county continues to pressure Trump to restart nuclear negotiations
- North Korea’s military leadership did not specify what was tested on Friday
- Days earlier, the North said it conducted a ‘very important test’ at launch site
North Korea today said it had successfully performed another ‘crucial test’ as its long-range rocket launch site that would further strengthen its ‘reliable strategic nuclear deterrent’.
The announcement comes as North Korea continues to pressure the Trump administration over an end-of-year deadline set by leader Kim Jong Un to salvage faltering nuclear negotiations.
North Korea’s Academy of Defense Science did not specify what was tested on Friday.
The announcement comes as North Korea continues to pressure the Trump administration over an end-of-year deadline set by leader Kim Jong Un (pictured) to salvage faltering nuclear negotiations
Just days earlier, the North said it conducted a ‘very important test’ at the site, prompting speculation that it involved a new engine for either a space launch vehicle or an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The North Korean announcement suggests that the country is preparing to do something to provoke the United States if Washington doesn´t back down and make concessions in deadlocked nuclear negotiations.
Mr Trump and Mr Jong-Un meet at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone in North Korea on December 12