The Pyongyang regime on Friday, April 20, tested a cruise missile warhead and conducted a test-fire of a new anti-aircraft missile off North Korea’s western coast, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency reported. In the details provided by the cited agency, it is stated that the North Koreans conducted a power test of a warhead designed for the strategic cruise missile “Hwasal-1 Ra-3” and proceeded to the experimental launch of a new anti-aircraft missile “Pyoljji-1 -2”. The strategic cruise missile is designed to carry a nuclear payload. “All these tests are part of the regular activities of the administration and its defense science institutes aimed at the rapid development of technologies in various fields, such as the tactical and technical performance and operation of new-type weapon systems,” KCNA points out, claiming that these would be unrelated to the regional situation.
