North Korea tests underwater attack drone that can generate ‘radioactive tsunami’

The test of the purported new weapon was the latest in a series of simulated attacks as Kim Jong Un escalated his nuclear threats while the U.S. and South Korea held joint military drills, NBC News reports.

North Korea said Friday it had tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone capable of launching a “radioactive tsunami,” as its leader Kim Jong Un vowed to make his rivals “plunge into despair.”

The test of the purported new weapon was the latest in a series of simulated attacks as Pyongyang escalated its nuclear threats while the United States and South Korea held joint military exercises.

The nuclear-capable drone called “Haeil” — meaning tsunami in Korean — can be deployed from the coast or towed by a ship in order to destroy naval strike groups or enemy ports, the state-run KCNA news agency reported.

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