The South China Morning Post reported that China simulated a ballistic missile attack on the US and a North Korean missile could strike the center of the US in 1,997 seconds or almost 33 minutes.
Beijing-based defense scientists claim to have simulated a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile attack on the continental United States.
The team opined that if the American missile defense network failed to intercept it, the North Korean missile could strike the center US in 1,997 seconds, or almost 33 minutes, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
Similar studies by Chinese researchers had typically avoided mentioning specific nations or regions, especially when the results were publicized.
This report came when North Korea launched another Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), its fourth in a week, amid joint naval drills underway between the United States and South Korea. The missile traveled nearly 1,000 kilometers before landing in the waters of Japan.
According to Japan’s defense ministry, it was an ICBM that soared over 6,000 kilometers for around 70 minutes. After the launch, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gave his nation’s military the go-ahead to carry out the scheduled joint US drills.
He asserted that Pyongyang would pay for its “reckless provocations.”
According to images shared on social media on Thursday, Putin has installed missile systems on Moscow rooftops.
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