North Korea tests military assets including ballistic missile, KCNA reports
KCNA said the tests verified cluster-warhead performance and included anti-aircraft and electromagnetic systems as North Korea seeks to expand its strategic forces.
- North Korea tested an electromagnetic weapon system, carbon fiber bombs, a mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile system, and a tactical ballistic missile's cluster bomb warhead.
- The tactical ballistic missile named Hwasongpho-11 Ka with a cluster bomb warhead can "reduce to ashes any target" covering an area of up to 17 acres, according to North Korea's state media KCNA.
- South Korea convened an emergency security meeting and urged North Korea to end such weapons tests, which came amid heightened geopolitical tensions.
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North Korea tests cluster warhead, advanced weapons, defying UN sanctions
North Korea said it tested a range of advanced weapons this week, including a new cluster warhead for a ballistic missile, an electromagnetic weapon, carbon-fiber bombs and a mobile short-range air defence system, in what analysts described as a display of evolving modern warfare capabilities. State media reported that the country also conducted tests to verify the combat effectiveness of a tactical ballistic missile warhead, but did not specify…
North Korean missile tests are multiplying, with a fragmentation warhead and an electromagnetic weapon tested this week. Pyongyang reinforces its military demonstration while regional tensions...
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