North Korea boosts front line missiles

North Korea moves 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to its southern border at a ceremony where leader Kim Jong-un calls for a ceaseless expansion of his nuclear programme


Jul 2024: Test launch of Hwasong-11 – new short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying super-large 4.5-tonne warhead

Seoul: With range of up to 180km, missile threatens South Korea’s greater capital area, where about 26 million people live – 50% of population

Aug 4: Kim Jong-un calls for his country to brace for prolonged confrontation with U.S.
and urges for relentless advancement of military strength


CHINA
NORTH KOREA
Pyongyang
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Demilitarised Zone
SOUTH KOREA
Seoul
100km 60 miles


Sources: Associated Press, Chosun Daily, Reuters 
Pictures: Getty Images, KCNA 
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