The North Korean military successfully tested new nuclear-capable “long-range cruise missiles” on Saturday and Sunday, according to the state-run Voice of Korea (VOK). 

Calling it a “strategic weapon” developed over the past two years, state media said the cruise missiles will serve as an “effective deterrent ensuring the security of our state more firmly and overpowering powerfully the anti-DPRK military moves of the hostile forces.”

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un was not reported in attendance, and Party Central Committee Secretary Pak Jong Chon and the Academy of National Defense Science oversaw the test instead, according to VOK.

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