North Korea tests lightweight multi-purpose missile launcher and tactical cruise missiles

North Korea said Wednesday it had tested a new lightweight multi-purpose missile launching system and a multiple tactical cruise missile weapon system the previous day. The post North Korea tests new multi-purpose missile launch system appeared first on Vanguard News.

North Korea has tested a mix of tactical ballistic missiles, artillery and ⁠precision cruise ⁠missiles, state news agency reported. The country has been steadily upgrading its weapons arsenal.

North Korea said on Wednesday it had tested a new lightweight multi-purpose missile launch system and a multiple tactical cruise missile weapon system a day earlier, under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un. South Korea's military said the North fired several projectiles, including a ballistic missile, that flew about 80 km (50 miles).

North Korea has tested a newly developed lightweight multipurpose missile launching system and multiple tactical cruise missiles, state media said Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong-un overseeing the test as part of Pyongyang's ongoing weapons modernization drive. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published the report a day after South Korea's military detected the launch of multiple close-range ballistic missiles (CRBMs) and artillery rockets toward the Yellow Sea from the Jongju area of North Phyongan Province. CRBMs refer to ballistic missiles that have a relatively short range of less than 300 kilometers. Tuesday's test was "part of the plan for modernizing the artillery and missile armed forces to attain the five-year goal for national defense development," the KCNA report said. The test "analyzed and estimated the power of special mission warhead of tactical ballistic missile, the reliability of 240mm controlled artillery rocket with expanded firing range which employed an ultra-precision autonomous navigation system, and the AI-guided hit accuracy of tactical cruise missile," it

North Korea tested a newly developed lightweight multi-purpose missile launching system and a multiple tactical cruise missile weapon system the previous day, its state media said Wednesday. The tests were overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and are part of the country's efforts to modernize the artillery and missile units of its armed forces under a five-year goal for national defense development, the Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch.