The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday condemned the United States again over the latter's launching of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) interception test.
The United States launched a missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California on Tuesday afternoon in a test meant to intercept an incoming ICBM over the Pacific, according to an earlier report.
A spokesman of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army told the official Korean Central News Agency that the firing of interceptor missiles "is just a serious military provocation that brings to light the US imperialists' wild ambition for igniting a nuclear war."
The US launched a ground-based interceptor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on May 30, 2017. /VCG Photo
He also referred to the US deployment of the USS Ronald Reagan nuclear carrier to join the strike group of nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and the dispatch of two B-1B nuclear bombers to South Korea to stage a bomb-dropping drill.
A spokesman of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee released a statement on Thursday to condemn the US ICBM interception test, saying it was a "risky act" against the DPRK and fuels tension on the Korean Peninsula.
(Source: Xinhua)
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