El Mencho, Rocket launchers
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un took the wheel of a nuclear-capable multiple rocket launcher at a ceremony in the capital Pyongyang, according to the country’s state media, and touted the weapon as among the most powerful of its type in the world.
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to unveil the deployment of 50 new launch vehicles for nuclear-capable short-range missiles threatening rival South Korea as he flaunted his expanding military capabilities ahead of a major ruling party congress.
Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on its axis before recovering and continuing the climb into orbit with a batch of US military satellites.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showcased dozens of new rocket launchers designed for a “strategic mission” as the country prepares to hold a rare party congress in the coming days to lay out its key policy agenda for the next five years.
Al Jazeera on MSN
N Korea’s Kim unveils 50 rocket launchers ahead of key congress
Kim hails nuclear-capable weapons as ‘wonderful’ and ‘attractive’ as N Korea gears up for a once-in-five-year congress.
Ukrainska Pravda on MSN
New video shows Ukrainian drone destroying Russian Tornado-S rocket launcher
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Russian Tornado-S multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the night of 20-21 February. Source: Robert "Magyar" Brovdi,