N.Korea's Kim Jong Un says new tactical missile launch was warning to S.Korea -KCNA

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

SEOUL, July 26 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the demonstration of a "new-type tactical guided weapon" on Thursday as a warning to South Korea to stop importing high-tech weapons and conducting joint military exercises, state media KCNA said on Friday.

North Korea test-fired two new short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its first missile test since Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to revive denuclearization talks last month.

The KCNA report did not mention Trump or the United States, but it said Kim criticized South Korean authorities for carrying on with joint exercises, which are usually conducted with U.S. troops.

"We cannot but develop nonstop super-powerful weapon systems to remove the potential and direct threats to the security of our country that exist in the South," Kim said, according to KCNA.

He accused South Koreans of "double dealing" for saying they support peace but simultaneously importing new weapons and conducting military drills.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nkoreas-kim-jong-un-says-new-tactical-missile-launch-was-warning-to-skorea-kcna/ar-AAESjZu?li=BBnb7Kz

Tell your man crush to tone it down Trumpy.

[Iliyah]

1. WTF

Bring in RWers and dictators and the world goes to hell.

[malaise]

2. I think Kim works for the Con

He shows up every time the Con needs some diversion

[JI7]

4. more like the con works for kim. this shows the failure of trump's

negotiations again.

[malaise]

5. Maybe they're a tag team

[soryang]

3. This is a command post exercise, a simulation

At least this is how it is being described in South Korean sources. It is a part of transferring wartime opcon to South Korea, should the need arise. I would think that the north would see the advantage of completing the wartime transfer qualifications. I have to admit it isn't clear if there will be real world movement of armed forces associated with the CP simulation.

S. Korea and US to rename joint military exercise in consideration of N. Korea working-level talks

July 22 By Noh Ji-won Hangyoreh

Exercise to focus on testing Seoul’s capacity for OPCON transfer

During the Ministry of National Defense’s briefing last year on its plans for 2019, a military official said that “deliberations are underway about conducting joint exercises linked with the OPCON transfer” and that “one joint command post drill will be carried out in the first half of the year and another in the second half, with the latter drill accompanied by an assessment of initial operational capability.”

http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/902865.html