North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

SEOUL, March 24 (Reuters) - North Korea has tested a new nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, state media reported on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un ...

North Korean leader Kim expressed "his will to make the U.S. South Korea and the U.S. say the exercises are purely defensive and have criticised the North's tests as destabilising and in breach of U.N. A photo released by state media showed Kim smiling next to a large torpedo-shaped object, but did not identify it as the new drone. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said there was no indication of a nuclear test. A U.S. North Korea said military exercises by the United States and South Korea require its forces to "gird themselves for an all-out war and bolster up its nuclear force both in quality and quantity on a priority basis". The director of the U.S. North Korea intends to signal "to the United States and South Korea that in a war, the potential vectors of nuclear weapons delivery that the allies would have to worry about and target would be vast," said Ankit Panda, senior fellow at the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story During the test, the new North Korean drone cruised underwater at a depth of 80 to 150 metres (260-500 feet) for over 59 hours and detonated a non-nuclear payload in waters off its east coast on Thursday, North Korean state news agency KCNA said. SEOUL, March 24 (Reuters) - North Korea has tested a new nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, state media reported on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un warned joint military drills by South Korea and the U.S.

North Korea: Kim Jong Un has vowed to make his rivals 'plunge into despair' and recently tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone.

North Korea already is coming off a record year in testing activity, with more than 70 missiles fired in 2022, as Kim accelerated a campaign aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power and negotiating badly needed sanctions relief from a position of strength. The North has fired over 20 ballistic and cruise missiles over 10 different launch events this year as it tries to diversify its delivery systems and display a dual ability to conduct nuclear strikes on both South Korea and the U.S. Seoul's Defense Ministry said this week that South Korea and the U.S. It was the first time for North Korea to publicize such an altitude for detonating a nuclear weapon though it has previously claimed to have conducted simulated nuclear strikes on its rivals. KCNA said the drills verified the operational reliability of an underwater nuclear attack drone the North has been developing since 2012. North Korea: The ultimate rival of South Korea, Kim Jong Un in view of expanding military exercises between Washington and Seoul has tested a purported underwater attack drone.