Such conclusions were drawn after the test of this weapon North Korea last week.
On May 17, the DPRK state media reported that the North Korean leader Kim Jong -un at the beginning of the week led the air defense and air raids conducted by the Air Force flight group. Combat shooting exercises included the launch of a new missile from the MiG-29 fighter.
The representative of the United Committee of the Chiefs of the Staff, Colonel Lee Son Jun, answering a press conference on the question of whether North Korea received weapons and advanced technologies from Russia in exchange for the deployment of their troops, replied that, according to the military, there was such a connection between the two countries.
Lee Sleep Jun added that the DPRK is likely to take a considerable time to expand such weapons for combat use. He recalled that there were many cases when North Korea deceived or exaggerated her achievements.
South Korea seeks to develop its own air -air -air missile system, and the defense authorities intend to complete the research project to create a system of air -air missiles by low -range by 2032 and deploy it by 2035, the agency notes.
