Kim Jong Un oversees test of new tactical guided weapon

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Kim Jong Un, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), supervised the test-fire of a new tactical guided weapon conducted by the Academy of Defence Science on Wednesday, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.

The weapon has a "peculiar mode of guiding flight" and "a powerful warhead," KCNA said.

Kim said "the completion of the development of the weapon system serves as an event of very weighty significance in increasing the combat power" of the DPRK's army, according to the news agency.

It is the country's first public weapons test since the second Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi, which ended with no agreement, in February.

The news of Kim's visit to the tactical weapon testing site followed his visit to the Air and Anti-aircraft Force on Tuesday, according to KCNA. While there he inspected a flight drill and expressed "great satisfaction" at the unit's combat readiness.

(Cover: Kim Jong Un attends a flight training session of the Korean People's Army Air Force at an undisclosed location in this April 16, 2019, photo released on April 17, 2019, by the DPRK's KCNA news agency. /Reuters Photo)

Source(s): Reuters ,Xinhua News Agency