North Korea has tested a newly developed lightweight multipurpose missile launch system and multiple tactical cruise missiles overseen by ruler Kim Jong Un, state media reported on Wednesday.
The tests were carried out on Tuesday, the state-controlled KCNA news agency said.
On Tuesday, the South Korean military reported that Pyongyang had fired several close-range ballistic missiles, with a range of less than 300 kilometres, and artillery rockets from the area around the city of Chongju in the country's north-west.
Tuesday's launches were "part of the plan for modernizing the artillery and missile armed forces to attain the five-year goal for national defence development," KCNA said.
"The relevant tests analyzed and estimated the power of special mission warhead of tactical ballistic missile, the reliability of 240mm controlled artillery rocket with expanded firing range which employed an ultra-precision autonomous navigation system, and the AI-guided hit accuracy of tactical cruise missile," it added.
Kim reportedly praised the tests, saying they were a signal of technical progress in the strengthening of North Korea's combat power.
This was Pyongyang's eighth ballistic missile test this year.
North Korea had last fired several short-range missiles on April 19. The country is prohibited from launching ballistic missiles under multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.
