dpa
Seoul
North Korea successfully tested a new ballistic missile capable of carrying a “super-large conventional warhead,” Pyongyang’s state media reported on Thursday.
State-controlled KCNA news agency quoted the country’s Missile Administration as stating the test-fire, held on Wednesday, went as planned. It added that ruler Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch.
“The new-type tactical ballistic missile was tipped with a 4.5 tonnage super-large conventional warhead,” KCNA reported.
The test aimed to check the “accuracy of hit at medium range of 320km and explosive power of the super-large warhead with a missile loaded with such a warhead,” the agency continued. The same type of missile had been tested in July, according to Pyongyang.
On Wednesday, South Korea’s military said the North had fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles.
