North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was captured watching the test of a cruise missile from a patrol ship.
The state media press of North Korea released pjotos of their leader Kim Jong Un as he was having an inspection on a missile test on Monday, which cam some days after its regional rivals held a historic summit, and as US-South Korea joint military exercise dress near.
According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Kim was physically present to monitor and inspect the launch process of the strategic cruise missiles as it fired from a patrol ship, which belongs to the North Korean Navy’s East Sea Fleet.
While on site, Kim inspected the patrol ship's weapons, combat readiness and he "highly praised the ship for maintaining high mobility and mighty striking power and constant preparedness for combat to cope with sudden situation," according to KCNA.
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It also noted that the missile test demonstrated the ship's capabilities and prepared the sailors for “carrying out the attack mission in actual war."
Photos that were released by KCNA displayed Kim, standing with his hands and dressed in white and black, standing on his hips alongside uniformed sailors on the ship deck. Other photos displayed the test itself, the missile launching from a vessel in a cloud of smoke.
The report did not specify the date of the test, KCNA however published the photos on Monday – moments after the leaders of South Korea, Japan and the US vowed to establish a stronger partnership at the first-ever stand-alone trilateral summit on Friday.
After the end of their meeting that took place at the US presidential retreat Camp David, the three leaders announced a new annual trilateral summit, a three-way hotline, and a commitment to conduct annual military exercises and share intelligence.
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