SEOUL: North Korea has tested a new “tactical guided weapon”, which analysts say is ‘unlikely to be a return to the long-range missile tests seen as a threat to the US’.
According to North Korean media, the test was overseen by Kim Jong Un himself. The North said test was “conducted in various modes of firing at different targets”, which analysts consider the weapon could be launched from land, sea or air.
It is, however, unclear if the weapon was a missile. Several observers agree that it was probably a short-range weapon.
Kim has earlier said his country would stop nuclear testing and that he would not launch intercontinental ballistic missiles. (Agencies)
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