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<p><em>Global panic as North Korea tests new missile</em></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://openlife.ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a> </strong>has gathered that North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend.<br />
This was disclosed on Monday by the local state media.<br />
According to the report, the test, seen by analysts, was possibly the country&#8217;s first such weapon with a nuclear capability.<br />
The missiles are &#8220;a strategic weapon of great significance&#8221; and flew 1,500 km (930 miles) before hitting their targets and falling into the country&#8217;s territorial waters during the tests on Saturday and Sunday, KCNA said.<br />
The latest test highlighted steady progress in <a href="https://punchng.com/">Pyongyang&#8217;s weapons</a> programme amid gridlock over talks aimed at dismantling the North&#8217;s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes in return for U.S. sanctions relief. The talks have stalled since 2019.<br />
North Korea&#8217;s cruise missiles usually generate less interest than ballistic missiles because they are not explicitly banned under U.N. Nations Security Council Resolutions.<br />
&#8220;This would be the first cruise missile in North Korea to be explicitly designated a &#8216;strategic&#8217; role,&#8221; said Ankit Panda, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.<br />
&#8220;This is a common euphemism for the nuclear-capable systems.&#8221;<br />
It is unclear whether North Korea has mastered the technology needed to build warheads small enough to be carried on a cruise missile, but leader Kim Jong Un said earlier this year that developing smaller bombs is a top goal.<br />
The two Koreas have been locked in an accelerating arms race that analysts fear will leave the region littered with powerful new missiles.<br />
South Korea&#8217;s military did not disclose whether it had detected the North&#8217;s latest tests but said on Monday it was conducting detailed analysis in cooperation with the United States.<br />
The U.S. military&#8217;s Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) said it was aware of the reports and was coordinating with its allies and partners.<br />
&#8220;This activity highlights (North Korea&#8217;s) continuing focus on developing its military program and the threats that poses to its neighbours and the international community,&#8221; INDOPACOM said in a statement.<br />
Rodong Sinmun, the ruling Workers&#8217; Party&#8217;s official newspaper, ran photos of the new cruise missile flying and being fired from a transporter-erector-launcher.<br />
The test provides &#8220;strategic significance of possessing another effective deterrence means for more reliably guaranteeing the security of our state and strongly containing the military manoeuvres of the hostile forces,&#8221; KCNA said.<br />
It was seen as the North&#8217;s first missile launch after it tested a new tactical short-range ballistic missile in March. North Korea also conducted a cruise missile test just hours after U.S. President Joe Biden took office in late January.<br />
<strong>Source: Reuters</strong></p>
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