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Kim Jong Un bolstering nuclear, conventional weapons

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Seoul, Sep 19: North Korea said Thursday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised successful tests of two types of missiles – one designed to carry a “super-large conventional warhead” and the other likely for a nuclear warhead, as he ordered officials to bolster up his country’s military capabilities to repel United States-led threats.
The tests appear to be the same as the multiple missile launches that neighbouring countries said North Korea performed Wednesday, extending its run of weapons displays as confrontations with the US and South Korea escalate.
The official Korean Central News Agency said that Kim oversaw the launch of the country’s newly built Hwasongpho-11-Da-4.5 ballistic missile tipped with a dummy “4.5-tonne super-large conventional warhead.” It said the test-firing was meant to verify an ability to accurately hit a 320 kilometre-range target, suggesting it’s a weapon aimed at striking sites in South Korea.
KCNA said Kim also guided the launch of an improved “strategic” cruise missile, a word implying the weapon was developed to carry a nuclear warhead.
After the tests, Kim stressed the need to continue to “bolster up the nuclear force” and acquire “overwhelming offensive capability in the field of conventional weapons, too,” according to KCNA. (AP)

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