N. Korea tests cruise missile warhead, days after cluster bomb test

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SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has tested a dispersal warhead for a strategic cruise missile, state media reported Tuesday.

Full Gen. Kim Jong-sik, a member of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Military Commission and first vice department director of the Central Committee, oversaw Monday's tests, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

"The Warhead Institute of the Missile Administration said it confirmed that the mid-sized dispersal warhead tipped on the cruise missile is capable of turning into ashes a target area of 5 to 6 hectares with its highest-density power," it said.

The Cruise Missile System Institute said it perfected the missile's vertical strike capability by improving its terminal maneuverability, adjusted for the targeted area's natural and geographical characteristics.

"The necessity of developing a variety of weapon systems is urgent than ever before. It is because our armed forces should defend the security of the country and deter all sorts of threats," the administration's director was quoted as saying.

The tests, the director said, demonstrated "practical combat power."

North Korea on Saturday tested a cluster bomb that can be mounted on tactical ballistic missiles and vowed to field various types of cluster warheads by the end of the year.

This composite photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Nov. 1, 2026, shows a test of a cluster warhead for tactical ballistic missiles, conducted the previous day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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