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North Korea conducts test on new ‘super-large warhead’: State media

Cruise missiles are among a growing collection of North Korean weapons designed to overwhelm regional missile defences [Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo]

North Korea has conducted a test on a “super-large warhead” designed for a strategic cruise missile, state media reports, adding that it also launched a new type of anti-aircraft missile.

“The DPRK Missile Administration has conducted a power test of a super-large warhead designed for ‘Hwasal-1 Ra-3’ strategic cruise missile”, KCNA news agency reported on Saturday, referring to North Korea by an abbreviation for its official name – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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