SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday conducted a test fire of its latest anti-aircraft missile system in a drill watched by leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang’s state media reported.
The launch proved the system’s “combat fast response,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, and came just over a week after South Korea began a major annual joint military drill with the United States.
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North Korea’s Kim oversees test of latest anti-aircraft missile system: state media
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North Korea’s Kim oversees test of latest anti-aircraft missile system: state media
German foreign minister says he confident NATO will remain as is
- Wadephul said NATO was “the most successful defense alliance in the world”
BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Wednesday that he had no doubt that NATO’s members remained united and was confident that the defense alliance would remain as it is.
“The United States stands by the defense of the alliance and also stands by its alliance with Europe,” Wadephul told a joint press conference in Paris with his counterparts from India, France and Poland.
“I have not the slightest doubt that we stand together in the closest possible unity and that this alliance will remain exactly what it has always been: the most successful defense alliance in the world,” he added.
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