■孫百順
原文：
North Korea tested its new submarine-launched cruise missiles, firing an upgraded missile for the second time in a week and accelerating its navy's nuclear armament, state media reported.
Leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of the missile, called Pulhwasal-3-31, which is identical to the strategic cruise missiles that the North said last week were under development.
State news agency KCNA and official Rodong Sinmun newspaper said that the missiles flew above the sea off the country's northeast coast for 7,421 seconds and 7,445 seconds and hit an unspecified island target, indicating the flight time exceeded two hours.
Mr. Kim called the test a success, KCNA said, "which is of strategic significance in carrying out the plan for modernizing the army which aims at building a powerful navy force".
South Korea's military said the North fired multiple cruise missiles off its coast but did not give details. It said the claimed flight time was an exaggeration, adding that it tracked the missiles in real time, and played down the possibility that they were propelled by solid fuel.
Mr. Kim separately inspected the construction of a nuclear submarine and discussed issues related to the manufacturing of other types of new warships, KCNA said.
中譯：
北韓官媒報導，北韓在一週內進行第2次新型潛射型巡弋飛彈試射，加速發展海軍核武能力。
北韓領導人金正恩親自視導「火箭-3-31型」飛彈試射。本型飛彈與北韓上週所宣稱，正在發展中的戰略巡弋飛彈雷同。
北韓官媒「朝中社」和官方報紙「勞動新聞」報導，該2枚飛彈飛越北韓東海岸外海，其飛行時間分別為7421秒和7445秒，並擊中1個未指名的島嶼目標，飛行時間逾2小時。
「朝中社」指出，金正恩認為此次試射成功「對於執行強大海軍部隊現代化計畫，具有重要戰略意義」。
南韓軍方表示，北韓在其外海發射2枚巡弋飛彈，但未說明細節。軍方指出，北韓所稱的飛行時間有些誇大，並表示已及時掌握該2枚飛彈行蹤，但對有關飛彈使用固態燃料推動的可能性，淡化處理。
「朝中社」報導金正恩另外視導1艘核子潛艦的建造，並討論有關建造其他新型戰艦的議題。
-關鍵軍語-
※submarine-launched cruise missiles：潛射型巡弋飛彈
※solid fuel：固態燃料
