N. Korea says it test-fired new air defense missile system

North Korea test-fired a new air defense missile system on Wednesday, according to The Korea Times. The Missile Administration, overseen by Kim Jong-sik, conducted the test to confirm the technical capabilities of the newly designed system. The test-fire demonstrated the technical specifications, reliability, target identification, tracking capability, and detection information processing device of the air-defense missile system.

Additionally, a firepower subunit of the long-range strategic cruise missile unit in the eastern area carried out a strike drill using a long-range strategic cruise missile against a virtual airport target on the same day. South Korean authorities detected the North firing multiple missiles toward the East Sea from the Sondok area in South Hamgyong Province early Wednesday, with the missiles believed to have flown less than 300 kilometers.

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