North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday guided a second test of the country’s new multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), state media confirmed in a dispatch early Saturday morning.

The launch was the second time North Korea had tested the new weapon this week, following a launch also overseen by Kim Jong Un on Wednesday.

“Kim Jong Un… guided again the test-fire of newly-developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system early in the Friday morning,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported in an English-language dispatch.

“The test-fire was aimed to examine the altitude control flight performance, track control capability and