North Korea announced this Friday that it had retested a nuclear submarine drone capable of generating radioactive tsunamiand claimed to have tested the reliability of the system and its “lethal” offensive capability.

Pyongyang tested its weapon called Hail-2 (Tsunami-2 in Korean) between April 4 and 7, a North Korean state agency reported this Saturday. CTACin a new weapons test that coincides with the big military maneuvers Seoul and Washington are doing these days on the Korean peninsula.

This is the third test announced by the Kim Jong-un regime since it first reported on March 24. the existence of this new type of weaponwhich he called “Hail-1” in those earlier tests.

The drone was put into operation from a port in the northeastern province of South Hamyeong. traced the trajectory of the “oval eight” for 71 hours, during which he “simulated a distance of 1,000 kilometers” in the Sea of ​​Japan (called the East Sea in two Koreas) and detonated a dummy warhead in the target area, according to CTAC.

According to the test results, “the reliability and lethality of the system of strategic submarines they have been fully testeda North Korean state agency said.

This new weapon system is “necessary to curb the evolution various enemy combat operationseliminating threats and protecting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the official name of the DPRK), and will become the supreme military capability of our armed forces,” the agency added. CTAC.

The state agency also released photographs of the tests, in which an artifact similar to torpedo moves under water and underwater explosion.

The verification is taking place after Seoul reported the day before that Pyongyang was not answering regular phone calls made through civilian and military communication lines, but for now South Korea and US conduct military exercises joint operations, which in recent days have included anti-submarine testing and the deployment of B-52 strategic bombers.

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North Korea announced its first test of a new nuclear submarine system on March 24, and on the 28th announced a new test with its target. check its “reliability and safety”.

Some experts wonder if Pyongyang could already have such weapons in combat-ready condition that can cause a radioactive tsunami strike at enemy fleets and ports. (EFE)