OPINION | Views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those held by Sarah Palin.
Following their recent ballistic missile tests, North Korea just tested a new anti-aircraft system that Kim Jung Un claims “completely spoil the enemy’s dream to command the air,” the state run news agency reported on Sunday.
From Fox News:
The KCNA news agency said glitches detected in an earlier test have been “perfectly overcome,” paving the way for the weapon to be mass produced and deployed nationwide, according to SkyNews.
State media reported the new weapon system is designed to “detect and strike different targets flying from any location.”
The latest test was attended by Kim Jong Un, in addition to three men believed to be the top officials in the reclusive country’s missile program.
The U.S. is gearing up to respond with a test of its own:
On Friday, officials said the Pentagon will try to shoot down an intercontinental-range missile for the first time in a test this week.
The goal is to more closely simulate a North Korean ICBM aimed at the U.S. homeland, officials said.
North Korea is now the focus of U.S. efforts because its leader has vowed to field a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching American territory.
— Advertisement — He has yet to test an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, but Pentagon officials believe he is speeding in that direction.
An interceptor is to be launched from an underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and soar toward the target, which will be fired from a test range on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific. If all goes as planned, the “kill vehicle” will slam into the ICBM-like target’s mock warhead high over the Pacific Ocean.