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Moreover, it contends North Korea’s missile tests are not just for research and development purposes but part of « an outdated confrontational mentality » demonstrated by the hermit regime.
