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Kim Jong Un guides tactical missile test with ‘autonomous navigation’

North Korean leader also visits another defense factory, warns enemies ‘not to play with fire’

North Korea tested a tactical ballistic missile system off its east coast with an “autonomous navigation system” on Friday, party daily Rodong Sinmun reported Saturday.

This follows a report from the South Korean military on Friday that it detected several “flying objects presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles” traveling 186 miles (300 kilometers) from the Wonsan area.

Leader Kim Jong Un was on hand to verify “the accuracy and reliability of the autonomous navigation system,” the Rodong articlestated, while also describing the launch as part of “regular activities of the DPRK Missile Administration and its affiliated defense science institutes