North Korea Tests new precision-guided missiles

North korea claims to have successfully tested a new precision guided missile, at the same time as its army threatens a “devastating” retaliation against South Korea for carrying out live fire drills near their maritime border.

The launch was watched by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, according to the North’s official KCNA news agency, which hailed the test as a breakthrough in national defence capability. 

North Korea is not known to possess a tactical guided missile but analysis of a recent propaganda film suggested it may have acquired a variant of a Russian cruise missile, the KH-35.