{"id":7340,"date":"2026-02-19T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/19\/kim-jong-un-new-nuclear-multiple-rocket-launcher\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:17:04","slug":"kim-jong-un-new-nuclear-multiple-rocket-launcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/19\/kim-jong-un-new-nuclear-multiple-rocket-launcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un Unveils New Nuclear-Capable Multiple Rocket Launcher in Pyongyang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, unveiled a new multiple rocket launcher capable of carrying nuclear warheads during a ceremony in Pyongyang on Thursday, describing it as one of the world&#8217;s most powerful weapons. This unveiling came ahead of a significant congress of the ruling party in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to a CNN report, the North Korean leader personally took control of a mobile rocket launcher at the event. Released images show him activating the system amid a crowd of thousands waving small national flags.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea&#8217;s state news agency KCNA also reported that the rocket launcher vehicle was symbolically stationed at the venue of the party congress and, according to the agency, represents the country&#8217;s &#8220;military power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kim Jong Un stated that the 600-millimeter rockets of this system, which he claimed are twice the size of those in many existing multiple launch systems, match the capabilities of short-range ballistic missiles. In recent years, North Korea has expanded its weapons programs, frequently announcing tests of new military systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unveils a new multiple rocket launcher with nuclear capability ahead of the ruling party&#8217;s key congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}