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Kim Jong Un oversaw test of short-range ballistic missile on Saturday: KCNA

DPRK leader hails military's "excellent operation" in first test of its kind in months

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday attended a test-firing of “long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday, including what appears to be a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM).

The report follows news Saturday morning from the South Korean military that a test of “unidentified and multiple short-range projectiles” had been detected taking place from North Korea’s Hodo peninsula, on the east coast.

The goal of the exercise, state media reported, “was to estimate and inspect the operating ability and the accuracy of striking duty performance of large-caliber long-range