--- title: North Korea Warns U.S. of Precision Guidance Missiles description: Leader Kim Jong-un called the new missile navigation system a "bigger gift package" in retaliation of what he calls American provocation. canonical: https://time.com/4797456/north-korea-missile-test-us-warning/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-30T05:36:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:09:25.293Z article:section: World og:title: North Korea Warns U.S. of Precision Guidance Missiles og:description: Kim Jong-un called the new weapons a "bigger gift package" for Americans og:url: https://time.com/4797456/north-korea-missile-test-us-warning/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte30c7b722debaa4b/6988cf4f2dce014dd89edae9/gettyimages-668298244.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NKOREA-POLITICS-KIM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: North Korea Warns U.S. of Precision Guidance Missiles twitter:description: Kim Jong-un called the new weapons a "bigger gift package" for Americans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte30c7b722debaa4b/6988cf4f2dce014dd89edae9/gettyimages-668298244.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # North Korea Warns the U.S. to Expect a 'Bigger Gift Package' of Precision Guidance Missiles > Sponsored content. 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This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 14, 2017 shows Kim Jong-Un at an undisclosed location in North Korea.KCNA—AFP/Getty Images by [Ju-min Park and Jack Kim / Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## Ju-min Park and Jack Kim / Reuters May 30, 2017 5:36 AM UTC (SEOUL) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a new ballistic missile controlled by a precision guidance system and ordered the development of more powerful strategic weapons, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday. The missile launched on Monday was equipped with an advanced automated pre-launch sequence compared with previous versions of the “Hwasong” rockets, North Korea’s name for its Scud-class missiles, KCNA said. That indicated the North had launched a modified Scud-class missile, as South Korea’s military has said. The North’s test launch of a short-range ballistic missile landed in the sea off its east coast and was the latest in a fast-paced series of missile tests defying international pressure and threats of more sanctions. Kim said the reclusive state would develop more powerful weapons in multiple phases in accordance with its timetable to defend North Korea against the United States. “He expressed the conviction that it would make a greater leap forward in this spirit to send a bigger ‘gift package’ to the Yankees” in retaliation for American military provocation, KCNA quoted Kim as saying. **Read More:** [_Why We Shouldn’t Be Surprised If North Korea Launched the WannaCry Ransomware Cyberattack_](http://time.com/4781809/ransomware-attack-north-korea-wannacry/) South Korea said it had conducted a joint drill with a U.S. supersonic B-1B Lancer bomber on Monday. North Korea’s state media earlier accused the United States of staging a drill to practise dropping nuclear bombs on the Korean peninsula. The U.S. Navy said its aircraft carrier strike group, led by the USS Carl Vinson, also planned a drill with another U.S. nuclear carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, in waters near the Korean peninsula. A U.S. Navy spokesman in South Korea did not give specific timing for the strike group’s planned drill. North Korea calls such drills a preparation for war. Monday’s launch followed two successful tests of medium-to-long-range missiles in as many weeks by the North, which has been conducting such tests at an unprecedented pace in an effort to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of hitting the mainland United States. Such launches, and two nuclear tests since January 2016, have been conducted in defiance of U.S. pressure, U.N. resolutions and the threat of more sanctions. They also pose one of the greatest security challenges for U.S. President Donald Trump, who portrayed the latest missile test as an affront to China. “North Korea has shown great disrespect for their neighbor, China, by shooting off yet another ballistic missile … but China is trying hard!” Trump said on Twitter. ### Precision Guidance Japan has also urged China to play a bigger role in restraining North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s top national security adviser, Shotaro Yachi, met China’s top diplomat, State Councillor Yang Jiechi, for five hours of talks near Tokyo on Monday after the North’s latest test. Yachi told Yang that North Korea’s actions had reached a new level of provocation. “Japan and China need to work together to strongly urge North Korea to avoid further provocative actions and obey things like United Nations resolutions,” Yachi was quoted as telling Yang in a statement by Japan’s foreign ministry. A statement from China’s foreign ministry after the meeting made no mention of North Korea. North Korea has claimed major advances with its rapid series of launches, claims that outside experts and officials believe may be at least partially true but are difficult to verify independently. A South Korean military official said the North fired one missile on Monday, clarifying an earlier assessment that there may have been more than one launch. The test was aimed at verifying a new type of precision guidance system and the reliability of a new mobile launch vehicle under different operational conditions, KCNA said. **_Read More:_** [_Otto Warmbier Has Been a Prisoner of North Korea Since the Start of 2016\. Has America Forgotten Him?_](http://time.com/4757085/otto-warmbier-north-korea/) However, South Korea’s military and experts questioned the claim because the North had technical constraints, such as a lack of satellites, to operate a terminal-stage missile guidance system properly. “Whenever news of our valuable victory is broadcast recently, the Yankees would be very much worried about it and the gangsters of the south Korean puppet army would be dispirited more and more,” KCNA cited leader Kim as saying. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4797456/north-korea-missile-test-us-warning/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4797456/north-korea-missile-test-us-warning/"},"headline":"North Korea Warns the U.S. to Expect a 'Bigger Gift Package' of Precision Guidance Missiles","datePublished":"2017-05-30T05:36:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:09:25.293Z","description":"The North has conducted a fast-paced series of missile tests defying international pressure","url":"https://time.com/4797456/north-korea-missile-test-us-warning/","keywords":["North Korea","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte30c7b722debaa4b/6988cf4f2dce014dd89edae9/gettyimages-668298244.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ju-min Park and Jack Kim / Reuters"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte30c7b722debaa4b/6988cf4f2dce014dd89edae9/gettyimages-668298244.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NKOREA-POLITICS-KIM","caption":"NKOREA-POLITICS-KIM","creditText":"KCNA—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4797456/north-korea-missile-test-us-warning/","name":"North Korea Warns the U.S. to Expect a 'Bigger Gift Package' of Precision Guidance Missiles"}}]}] ```