North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw new tests of strategic cruise missiles and anti-warship missiles launched from a naval destroyer, state media reported on Tuesday.
The missiles flew “along the flight orbits set in the sky above the West Sea of Korea and struck the targets with ultra-precision hit accuracy”, KCNA said, using its preferred name for the Yellow Sea.
The tests were carried out from the Choe Hyon, one of two 5,000-ton destroyers in the North’s arsenal, both launched last year as Kim seeks to ramp up the country’s naval capabilities.
Kim reportedly “expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the preparedness of our army’s strategic action has been strengthened”. (AFP)
