Published: 09:21, July 2, 2024 | Updated: 09:30, July 2, 2024
KCNA: DPRK test-fired new-type tactical ballistic missile
By Xinhua
People watch a news program broadcasting a file image of a missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, June 26, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

SEOUL - The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea successfully conducted a test-fire of new-type tactical ballistic missile Hwasongpho-11Da-4.5 on Monday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday.

The new-type tactical ballistic missile can carry "4.5 ton-class super-large warhead," according to the KCNA report.

By using missile tipped with a simulated heavy warhead, the test-fire was designed to verify its flight stability and hit accuracy at a maximum range of 500 km and a minimum range of 90 km, the report said.

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The DPRK Missile Administration will further test-fire the new-type tactical ballistic missile this month, in a bid to verify its flight characteristics, hit accuracy and explosion power of super-large warhead at a medium range of 250 km, the report added.