Pyongyang insists that the launches were routine and had nothing to do with the rising tensions on the peninsula
North Korea has successfully tested a βsuper-large warheadβ for a cruise missile and a new type of anti-aircraft munition, state-run KCNA news agency has reported.
The βtest of powerβ of the warhead for the Hwasal-1Ra-3 strategic cruise missile and launch of the Pyoltsi-1-2 anti-aircraft missile took place on Friday in the Yellow Sea, the agency said on Saturday. βThe tests achieved purposes concerned,β it noted.
KCNA said the βtests are parts of normal works of national defense research institutionsβ¦ and have nothing to do with [the] situationβ on the Korean Peninsula.
According to South Koreaβs Yonhap news agency, it was the first time Pyongyang has mentioned the βPyoltsiβ system, which means βmeteorβ in Korean.
