North Korea boasts its latest test missile landed just SEVEN metres from its target as Kim promises a ‘bigger gift package’ for the US and claims South Korea and Trump are practising dropping nuclear bombs
South Korea has conducted a joint drill with a US supersonic B-1B Lancer bomber
North Korea’s state media claimed it was to stage ‘a nuclear bomb dropping drill’
Military exercise came after North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test on Monday
President Trump, back from his first overseas trip, blasted the missile launch
By GARETH DAVIES
DailyMail.com
30 May 2017
North Korea has claimed its latest test missile landed just seven metres from its target in Japanese waters amid some bizarre threats and warnings by Kim Jong-un.
The ballistic missile launched on Monday travelled 280 miles before landing in the Sea of Japan, which the state called a success.
As a result, South Korea conducted a join drill with a US supersonic B-1B Lancer bomber, prompting the North’s dictator to claim the allied countries were practising dropping nuclear bombs.
Kim Jong-un said the reclusive state would develop more powerful weapons to defend North Korea against the United States, and state media quoted him as saying: ‘He expressed the conviction that it would make a greater leap forward in this spirit to send a bigger ‘gift package to the Yankees’ in retaliation for American military provocation’
The missile launched on Monday was equipped with an advanced automated pre-launch sequence compared with previous versions of the ‘Hwasong’ rockets, North Korea’s name for its Scud-class missiles, KCNA said.
That indicated the North had launched a modified Scud-class missile, as South Korea’s military has said.
The North’s test launch of a short-range ballistic missile landed in the sea off its east coast and was the latest in a fast-paced series of missile tests defying international pressure and threats of more sanctions.
South Korea said it had conducted a joint drill with a US supersonic B-1B Lancer bomber on Monday.
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