North Korean state media on Thursday hailed the previous day’s successful test of what it described as a “new-type” submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

The new “Pukguksong-3” missile, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and party daily the Rodong Sinmun reported, was fired from near Wonsan on Wednesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opted not to attend, notably, instead sending a message of “warm congratulations” to the national defense scientists involved. 

“The Academy of Defense Science…  successfully carried out the test-firing of the new-type submarine-launched ballistic missile in the waters off Wonsan Bay… in the morning on October 2,” the