「新型誘導兵器」発射　戦術核用、短距離弾道ミサイルか―北朝鮮

　【ソウル、ワシントン時事】朝鮮中央通信は１７日、北朝鮮の金正恩朝鮮労働党総書記が立ち会い、「新型戦術誘導兵器」の発射実験が行われ、成功したと報じた。同通信は「戦術核運用の効率と火力の多角化を強化するのに大きな意義を持つ」と伝えた。１８日に始まる米韓合同軍事演習をけん制する意味もあるとみられる。
　韓国軍は１７日、北朝鮮が１６日午後６時ごろ、東部の咸鏡南道・咸興一帯から日本海に向け飛翔（ひしょう）体２発を発射し、高度約２５キロ、飛距離約１１０キロ、最高速度マッハ４以下だったと発表した。韓国の聯合ニュースは、米国の地対地ミサイル「ＡＴＡＣＭＳ」やロシア製の「イスカンデル」に似た短距離弾道ミサイルの改良型との見方を報じた。（2022/04/17-12:38）

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the successful test-firing of a new tactical guided weapon, the country's state media reported Sunday.
   The weapons test is an apparent warning against U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises set to start Monday.
   South Korea's military said Sunday that North Korea launched two projectiles into the Sea of Japan at around 6 p.m. Saturday local time that flew about 110 kilometers at an altitude of around 25 kilometers and a top speed of Mach 4.
   North Korea's Korean Central News Agency said the new weapons system is "of great significance in drastically improving the firepower of the frontline long-range artillery units and enhancing the efficiency in the operation of tactical nukes of the DPRK and diversification of their firepower missions." The DPRK is the acronym for North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
   South Korea's Yonhap news agency said North Korea seems to have tested its own version of the U.S. Army Tactical Missile System or a ballistic missile modeled after Russia's Iskander.