The weapons test was carried out on Saturday at an undisclosed location and was described by KCNA as a test firing of an “important weapons system”.
– The war deterrent of the armed forces is further refined, Kim Jon-Un said, according to the news agency.
He underlined that his country will make “great efforts” to defend stability “based on a more powerfully developed military capability”.
The strategic cruise robots were launched underwater and then traveled 1,500 kilometers in figure-eight flight patterns in the air before hitting their targets.
The term “strategic” implies that the missiles are nuclear capable. The test should not have negatively affected the security of neighboring countries, according to North Korea.
North Korea also threatened the United States again. If the US does not respect the country’s sovereignty, “harsh countermeasures” await, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement according to the AP.