North Korea Conducts Another Ballistic Missile Test During Coronavirus Pandemic
Not even a global pandemic is going to deter the North Koreans from testing their ballistic missiles:
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, the latest in a series of projectile launches even as the country is on high alert against the coronavirus.
Both were fired northeastward from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan at 6:10 a.m. within a 20-second interval and flew around 230 kilometers at a maximum altitude of around 30 km, the JCS said, adding that South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities are analyzing other specifics.
“In a situation where the entire world is experiencing difficulties due to COVID-19, this kind of military act by North Korea is very inappropriate and we call for an immediate halt,” JCS said.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but on a good note they continue to test only their short range missiles. If they really wanted to take advantage of the current coronavirus crisis they could start testing their longer range systems again.
It would be interesting to see what the U.S. response would be to such a provocation in the middle of this pandemic. Hopefully the North Koreans continue to behave so the U.S., the ROK, and other nations don’t have to deal with two crisis at once.
Kim Jong Un and his evil sister are pathetic lunatics.
Doug, what you mistake for madness is merely a cynical ploy to remind the feeble-minded that tyranny still regns in Norkistan. The pukhan leadership is cold and calculating.
I often wonder if a small nuke “accidentally” fell out of a plane over Wonsan if it would trigger the next Korean War, especially if kim fatty the third was there watching another missile go downrange?
Doc, it’s more likely to be a non-US weapon if it was a gravity bomb…