North Korea test-launched two long-range cruise missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads on Wednesday, Pyongyang s state news agency reported the next day. Leader Kim Jong-un, who supervised the test, praised it as a successful display of the military s expanding nuclear strike capabilities and a stark warning to its “enemies.” According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the missiles struck their targets as planned after traveling 2,000 kilometers in figure-eight trajectories. The cruise missile type, which is more difficult to detect by radar and has greater accuracy than a ballistic one, is a significant threat to South Korea and its allies, especially if it carries nuclear weapons in the tip.
South Korea said its military will strengthen security cooperation with the U.S. and Japan, including the deployment of “U.S. strategic assets,” after Kim Jong Un’s North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles Sunday.
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) toward the East Sea on Sunday, the South Korean military said, after Seoul and Washington wrapped up a naval exercise, involving a US aircraft carrier, the previous day.The Joint .