President Yun Seok-yol’s press service believes that “North Korea’s statement is exaggerated and fabricated.”
South Korea called North Korea’s statement about a “nuclear underwater drone test” an exaggeration. This was reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
The press service of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol called the DPRK’s statements about the test of the Haeil-5-23 underwater nuclear weapon system in the East Sea an exaggeration.
“We assess the possibility that North Korea’s claim is exaggerated and fabricated… If the test was indeed carried out, it was likely a torpedo of some kind, but it is very likely that it was a nuclear- powered system. There Currently there is no confirmed case of the development of a small nuclear reactor that can be mounted on a torpedo with a diameter of less than one meter,” said the report.
The press service notes that the statements of Pyongyang are difficult to verify, but the maneuvers and activities of the DPRK troops are constantly monitored by the military of South Korea and the United States.
As we already wrote, the DPRK announced the day before that in response to the latest joint naval exercises with the participation of South Korea, the United States and Japan, they tested nuclear weapon systems under the sea, which now in development.
The US does not confirm the testing of underwater drones for nuclear weapons in the DPRK
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Source: korrespondent
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