A semi-official Chinese paper is knocking Pyongyang’s tech prowess after its communist neighbor’s failed test missile launch.
China’s semi-official Global Times newspaper criticized an ongoing “game of chicken” between North Korea and Washington but also knocked Pyongyang’s tech talents.
Early Saturday, the reclusive communist nation launched yet another missile, presumably in a new display of force amid a verbal war of words with President Donald Trump. However, the missile exploded seconds after liftoff, and officials said the failed test involved a short-range, non-nuclear missile able to hit Seoul but not Japan.
“The test’s failure shows that the country’s missile technology is not mature, and that the missile-launching vehicle paraded on the Day of the Sun not long ago may have only been a mock-up, ” the English-language Chinese publication said in a commentary.
Moreover, it contends North Korea’s missile tests are not just for research and development purposes but part of “an outdated confrontational mentality” demonstrated by the hermit regime.
