North Korea officially announced the testing of a new strategic cruise missile "Pulkhvasar-3-31" on January 24 and 28, 2024 (불화살-3-3 - "Fire Arrow-3-31") in variants of land and underwater launch. On January 24, the rocket was launched from a ground-based launcher. On January 28, two more test launches of the Pulkhvasar-3-31 cruise missile were announced, this time from a submerged submarine. Thus, it is now known about the presence of three types of strategic cruise missiles in the DPRK - the Hwasar-1 and Hwasar-2 missiles (Strela-1 and Strela-2) and the tested Pulkhvasar-3-31. The Pulkhvasar-3-31 missile in the published images of test launches looks somewhat different in appearance from the purely tomahawk-like cruise missiles Khvasar-1/2.
The original was taken from a colleague of imp_navigator in the Test of the new North Korean KR "Pulkhvasar-3-31" from a submarine
KCNA Statement:
A test of strategic weapons has been conducted, which clearly demonstrates that a new great era of strengthening the Navy is coming under the wise leadership of respected Comrade Kim Jong-un, who put forward the original direction of development of the Juche Navy and is vigorously fighting for its implementation.
The test launch serves as a moment that demonstrates the face of the rapid development of the Juche Navy and makes it possible to verify the prospects of strengthening our Navy.
The line of building the strategic armed forces of Comrade Kim Jong-un for the multilateral expansion and strengthening of the space of action of the state nuclear deterrence forces is being systematically and abruptly implemented and implemented, accelerating the nuclear armament of our Navy.
In the first half of January 28, Comrade Kim Jong-un, together with the secretaries of the Central Committee of the Party, the commander of the Navy and other senior personnel, supervised the test launch of a strategic cruise missile based on the Pulkhvasar-3-31 submarine.
The cruise missiles flew for 7421 and 7445 seconds over the Korean East Sea and accurately hit the target on the island.
The test launch had no impact on the security of the surrounding countries and took place completely regardless of the situation in the region.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un expressed great satisfaction with the result of the test.
Comrade Kim Jong-un said that the current situation and future threats require us to make even greater efforts to protect sovereignty at sea. And he noted that, as today, it is necessary to achieve continuous successes of strategic importance in the implementation of our party's plan for the modernization of the army, the purpose of which is the construction of powerful naval forces.
Comrade Kim Jong-un once again stressed that the issue of nuclear armament of the Navy is an urgent task of the time and a core requirement for the construction of nuclear strategic armed forces of the state. And he put forward programmatic tasks for the implementation of the Navy's nuclear weapons business and the multifaceted expansion of the space of action of the state nuclear deterrence forces.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un has familiarized himself in detail with the construction of a nuclear submarine.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un discussed issues related to the construction of a submarine with AEU and other new ships, outlined the next tasks for the relevant areas and the plan of state events, and made an important conclusion about the ways to implement them.
