朝中社：北韓試射升級版火箭砲系統

布蘭達・吳與沈圭錫報導By Brenda Goh and Kyu-seok Shim

首爾，9月24日（路透社）——北韓官媒朝中社週四報導，北韓週二試射升級版240毫米導引多管火箭砲系統，並稱這款武器將強化該國南部邊境一帶的火力。SEOUL, Sept 24 (Reuters) - North Korea conducted a test firing of an upgraded 240mm guided multiple rocket launcher system on Tuesday, state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday, saying the weapon would bolster firepower along the country's southern border.

朝中社表示，這次測試展現採用自主精準導引系統的增程火箭彈之準確性與優越性。The test demonstrated the accuracy and superiority of the range-extended rockets, which use an autonomous precision guidance system, KCNA said.

朝中社並稱，這些火箭彈在彈道飛行模式下可打擊100公里（62英里）外的目標，在複合滑翔模式下則可打擊115公里外的目標。The rockets are able to strike targets 100 km (62 miles) away in a trajectory flight mode and 115 km away in a combined glide mode, it added.

朝中社表示，研發這類火箭彈可確保北韓在南部邊境的火力準備出現重大變化；這實際上是指北韓與南韓接壤的邊境。The development of such rockets assures North Korea of a significant change in the firepower readiness along the southern border, the news agency said, effectively referring to the one it shares with South Korea.

朝中社表示，主持這次測試的中央軍事委員會副委員長朴正天強調，有必要把最致命、最具破壞力的攻擊力量集中部署在南部邊境。Pak Jong-chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, who oversaw the test, stressed the need to concentrate the deadliest and most destructive attack forces on the southern border, KCNA said.

南韓國防部未立即回應路透社以電子郵件發出的採訪請求。South Korea's Defence Ministry did not immediately respond to an emailed Reuters request for comment.

平壤一直在穩步升級其戰術與傳統武器庫，並打算將這些武器部署在靠近南韓邊境的地區。Pyongyang has been steadily upgrading its tactical and conventional arsenal that it intends to deploy near the border with South Korea.

首爾慶南大學遠東問題研究所教授林乙哲表示，採用精準導引系統顯示，北韓可能以僅數公尺的誤差打擊首爾都會區的關鍵設施。Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University's Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul, said the use of a precision guidance system suggested that North Korea could strike key facilities in the Seoul metropolitan area with a margin of error of just a few metres.

林乙哲表示，這相當於不論南韓如何進行軍事回應，北韓都可能對南韓人口稠密的首都圈構成威脅，並可能意在引發南韓恐懼。This equates to a potential threat to South Korea's heavily populated capital area regardless of the military response and could be intended to induce fear in South Korea, Lim said.

今年6月，北韓領導人金正恩視察多項關鍵武器測試，包括升級版火箭砲與戰術飛彈。北韓稱，這些武器也將用於防衛其南部邊境。In June, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests of key weapons, including an upgraded rocket launcher and tactical missiles, that the country said would also be used to defend its southern border.

另方面，北韓外相崔善姬在週四發布的聲明中表示，北韓的核武國家地位不可逆轉。本週美國、南韓與日本在三方會議中重申致力於北韓完全非核化後，北韓只會變得更加堅定。Separately, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said in a statement issued on Thursday that North Korea's nuclear weapons status was irreversible and that the country would only become more resolute after the United States, South Korea and Japan this week reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearisation of North Korea at a trilateral meeting.

（布蘭達・吳與沈圭錫報導；Chris Reese、Sonali Paul與Ed Davies編輯）(Reporting by Brenda Goh and Kyu-seok Shim; Editing by Chris Reese, Sonali Paul and Ed Davies)