North Korea announced that it had conducted another test of the “underwater strategic weapon system” Hale-2 “” on April 4-7. The UAV covered a distance of about 1,000 km under water in 71 hours and 6 minutes and successfully launched the test warhead.
“The system will become a convenient and promising part of the military potential of the armed forces of the DPRK,” the Central Telegraph Agency said in a statement (quoted from “Ryonghap”).
North Korea conducted its first underwater drone test at the end of March. Pyongyang claims the weapon is capable of generating a radioactive tsunami.
About the tension in the region – in the material “Kommersant” “Korean crisis goes into underwater mode.”
