N. Korea reports weapons demonstration featuring cruise missiles, rocket launchers, drones

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SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has staged a weapons demonstration featuring suicide attack drones, cruise missiles and a super-large multiple rocket launcher, state media reported Friday.

The demonstration was held Thursday in connection with an exhibition on unmanned aerial technology attended by leader Kim Jong-un, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The event took place on the same day that South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) detected around 10 short-range ballistic missiles launched from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea.

North Korea tests a new combat weapon system at an unspecified location on Sept. 20, 2026, in this file photo taken from the North's official Korean Central Television on Sept. 22. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

The exhibition featured various types of strategic and tactical multipurpose drones, suicide attack drones and other combat systems, while the weapons demonstration involved tactical suicide attack drones, cruise missiles and a 600-millimeter multiple rocket launcher unit, KCNA said.

The agency claimed that air-to-ground missiles launched from suicide attack drones and multipurpose drones, along with cruise missiles, struck an island target with 100 percent accuracy.

It also said the 600-mm multiple rocket launcher, known as the "Sniper," was publicly demonstrated in a firing exercise for the first time.

In a speech, Kim stressed the importance of unmanned aerial technology in modern warfare and called for the rapid expansion of the country's unmanned aerial capabilities.

He also urged the scientific community to make breakthroughs in unmanned aerial technology and defense artificial intelligence (AI), according to KCNA.

Kim expressed satisfaction with the exhibition and called for further strengthening the country's military capabilities and defense industry, the report said.

Thursday's launches marked the North's 17th ballistic missile launch of the year, coming 17 days after its previous launch on Oct. 12.

A military official in Seoul said that the launches are believed to have involved the North's KN-25 super-large 600-mm multiple rocket launcher, which Pyongyang claims can be fitted with its Hwasan-31 tactical nuclear warheads.

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首尔，10月30日（韩联社）——据朝鲜官方媒体周五报道，朝鲜举行了一场武器演示，展示了自杀式攻击无人机、巡航导弹和超大型多管火箭炮。

据朝鲜中央通讯社（朝中社）报道，此次演示活动于周四举行，与朝鲜领导人金正恩出席的无人机技术展览有关。

就在同一天，韩国联合参谋本部（JCS）探测到约 10 枚短程弹道导弹从元山地区向东海发射。

这张资料照片显示，朝鲜于2026年9月20日在某未公开地点测试新型作战武器系统。照片由朝鲜官方电视台于9月22日发布。（仅限韩国境内使用，禁止转载）（韩联社）

据朝中社报道，此次展览展出了各种类型的战略和战术多用途无人机、自杀式攻击无人机和其他作战系统，而武器演示则包括战术自杀式攻击无人机、巡航导弹和600毫米多管火箭炮。

该机构声称，从自杀式攻击无人机和多用途无人机上发射的空对地导弹以及巡航导弹，以 100% 的准确率击中了岛屿目标。

报告还指出，被称为“狙击手”的600毫米多管火箭炮首次在实弹演习中公开亮相。

金正恩在讲话中强调了无人机技术在现代战争中的重要性，并呼吁迅速扩大该国的无人机能力。

据朝中社报道，他还敦促科学界在无人机技术和国防人工智能（AI）方面取得突破。

报道称，金正恩对展览表示满意，并呼吁进一步加强国家的军事能力和国防工业。

周四的发射标志着朝鲜今年第 17 次弹道导弹发射，距离其 10 月 12 日的上一次发射已有 17 天。

首尔一位军方官员表示，据信此次发射使用了朝鲜的KN-25超大型600毫米多管火箭炮，平壤方面声称该火箭炮可以搭载其华山-31战术核弹头。

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朝鲜报告称举行了武器演示，展示了巡航导弹、火箭发射器和无人机。