North Korea yesterday test-fired a “new-type” tactical guided weapon, state-run media reported Friday, in a move it said aimed to send a warning to South Korea in light of upcoming drills and its recent deployment of new high-tech weapons on the peninsula.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally organized and guided the “power demonstration” of a “new-type” tactical guided weapon, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and the party daily the Rodong Sinmun said.

The South Korean military, state media reported, are “running high fever in their moves to introduce the ultramodern offensive weapons… and hold military exercises in