Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe missile test was launched at around 7 am on 14 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The anti-ship missiles plunged into the sea more than 150 km off the east coast town of Munchon and the Sukhois carried out firing tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These tests are expected to be the part of wintertime drills which North Korea has been carrying out in recent weeks after coronavirus concerns caused delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Korea was conducting weeks of military drills, including several launches of short-range ballistic missiles despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, the country had fired nine ballistic missiles in four rounds of tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had visited an airbase and observed drills by the country’s fighter jets and attack aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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