{"id":19871,"date":"2024-04-20T04:11:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T04:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=19871"},"modified":"2024-04-20T04:19:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T04:19:20","slug":"north-korea-conducts-test-on-new-super-large-warhead-kcna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/04\/north-korea-conducts-test-on-new-super-large-warhead-kcna\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea conducts test on new \u2018super-large warhead\u2019: KCNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; North Korea has conducted a test on a \u201csuper-large warhead\u201d designed for a strategic cruise missile, state media reports, adding that it also launched a new type of anti-aircraft missile.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DPRK Missile Administration has conducted a power test of a super-large warhead designed for \u2018Hwasal-1 Ra-3\u2019 strategic cruise missile\u201d, KCNA news agency reported on Saturday, referring to North Korea by an abbreviation for its official name \u2013 Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea also carried out a test launch on Friday afternoon of a \u201cPyoljji-1-2\u201d, which state media said was a \u201cnew-type anti-aircraft missile\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>KCNA added that \u201ca certain goal was attained\u201d through the test without providing further details.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The weapons tests were part of the \u201cregular activities of the administration and its affiliated defence science institutes\u201d, KCNA reported, referencing the operation of \u201cnew-type weapon systems\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The tests \u201chad nothing to do with the surrounding situation\u201d, KCNA added, but did not give any further information.<\/p>\n<p>In early April, North Korea said it had tested a new medium-to-long-range solid-fuel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/4\/3\/north-korea-says-kim-jong-un-oversaw-test-of-new-hypersonic-weapon\">hypersonic missile<\/a>, with state media sharing a video of it being launched as leader Kim Jong Un looked on.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise missiles are among a growing collection of North Korean weapons designed to overwhelm regional missile defences. They supplement the North\u2019s vast arsenal of ballistic missiles, including intercontinental variants, which are said to be aimed at the continental United States.<\/p>\n<h6><strong><em>SOURCE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/4\/20\/north-korea-conducts-test-on-new-super-large-warhead-state-media\">AL JAZEERA<\/a>, NEWS AGENCIES<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; North Korea has conducted a test on a \u201csuper-large warhead\u201d designed for a strategic cruise missile, state media reports, adding that it also launched a new type of anti-aircraft missile. \u201cThe DPRK Missile Administration has conducted a power test of a super-large warhead designed for \u2018Hwasal-1 Ra-3\u2019 strategic cruise missile\u201d, KCNA news [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":19872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,984,1,194,351,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-0_swnen","category-world","category-science-technology","category-headline"],"views":42,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19871"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19876,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19871\/revisions\/19876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}