(LEAD) N. Korea says test-fired new air defense missile system, long-range cruise missile

Yonhap News Agency · Woo Jae-yeon · 2026-11-05 01:46 UTC

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has test-fired a new air defense missile s...

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SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has test-fired a new air defense missile system and conducted a strike drill with a long-range strategic cruise missile, state media reported Thursday, marking Pyongyang's fourth weapons test in a week.

The North's report came after South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) detected the North firing multiple missiles toward the East Sea from the Sondok area in South Hamgyong Province early Wednesday.

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