Update 06/09/2016: Quotation from an expert, Scott LaFoy, was updated 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally supervised the test-launching of a number of ballistic missiles, state media outlet the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) indicated on Tuesday, describing the launches as developing the DPRK’s “nuclear force in every way”.

As is customary, state media didn’t specify the date the missiles were launched, though the reports likely refer to North Korea’s Monday launch of three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan (known in Korea as the East Sea).

The missiles – believed to have included Rodong medium-range types –