North Korea Tests Fires ‘Super Large’ Rocket Launcher

North Korea has once again carried out a new test successfully with its ‘Super-Large Multiple Rocket Launcher’ systems, the state media has confirmed. The test is the latest in a series of provocations by Pyongyang.

The military of South Korea has also confirmed that North Korea had launched two short-range projectiles from its South Pyongan province. According to them, each rocket launcher flew approximately 370 kilometers.

The test is the latest in a series of launches by North Korea that started since October 2, when North Korea has fired a sea-launched missile. The submarine-based missile capability has the capacity to change the military balance on the Korean peninsula.

According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency report, the test was conducted to “verify the security of launchers continuous fire system”.

According to the News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has personally supervised the tests of the ‘Super-Large’ system and has “expressed satisfaction and sent congratulations to the team involved”.

The Nuclear talks between North Korea and the United States are currently on hold because both the party are not ready to accept each other’s conditions. 

Multiple international sanctions are over imposed over North Korea for its nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs, which according to North Korea is needed to defend itself against a possible US invasion.

North Korea also has offered to resume talks with the United States, demanding the easing of the measures and time and again urged the United States to come forward with a new and modified offer, which can be acceptable to both the parties, by the end of this year.

North Korea’s Kim and US President Donald Trump has agreed in their statement at the first summit between the two leaders in Singapore in June last year that North Korea is going to initiate complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, but very little progress has since been made in this direction. 

In February this year both the leaders met again in Hanoi, but cannot reach any conclusion. In June, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim, surprised everyone by a brief meeting at the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean peninsula, where they again agreed to restart working-level talks but no progress has been made so far.

Earlier this month, the two sides were supposed to meet in Sweden, but at the last moment, Pyongyang walked away, saying it had no desire to negotiate unless Washington, ends its hostile policies towards North Korea.