North Korea has challenged the United States by launching long-range and long-range projectiles

At these exercises, on the east coast of the country, the leader of North Korea participated, Kim Jong-un, according to the North Korean news agency KCNA.

"After determining the order and procedure of artillery attack, he (Kim) gave the order of shooting," KCNA said.

The South Korean military authorities were the first to report this launch from Seoul. They first claimed that it was a short-range missile, after several missiles, before specifying that they were "projectiles".

The launch resulted in telephone conversations between the South Korean, US and Japanese authorities, who feared that the Pyongyang regime had decided to resume the ballistic program that had been halted for months.

According to KCNA, the military exercises were aimed at "Evaluate and inspect the operational capability and accuracy of fire compliance of long-range heavy-caliber reactive rocket launchers, remote-controlled tactical weapons, and combat effectiveness of weapons."

All this, added the note of the official agency, to check the degree of mobilization of the troops of artillery.

Kim also said that the participating troops "handle modern rocket launchers and guided weapons very well and are infallible gunners".

It was the first test of Pyongyang since the Vietnam summit between Kim and the US president last February, Donald Trump without agreement on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

Last April, Pyongyang tested "a new guided tactical weapon" which, according to South Korea, would be dedicated to land combat.

The latest ballistic missile test dates back to November 2017, when North Koreans launched Hwasong-15, an intercontinental carrier.

The New York Times, quoting badysts, said the North Korean attitude was aimed at increasing the pressure on Trump for the US president to return to the negotiating table by pledging to ease economic sanctions. imposed on North Korea.

However, Trump downplayed the importance of the North Korean test by saying that an agreement on the denuclearization of the Asian country would finally be concluded. "An agreement will be reached!", Said the president on his official Twitter account.

Trump pointed out that "everything in this interesting world is possible, but I think Kim Jong-a It fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea and will do nothing to interfere or prevent it. He also knows that I am on his side and does not want to break the promise that he made me. "