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North Korea tests new surface-to-air missile and simulates runway strike with strategic cruise missiles

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On 4 November, in what North Korean state media called the third weapons test in a week, the Missile General Bureau validated a new anti-aircraft missile, checking its guidance system, target-tracking and information-processing reliability. Separately, eastern-region units conducted live-fire exercises using long-range strategic cruise missiles against a simulated enemy aircraft in an ’elephant walk’ on a runway, which Pyongyang described as routine evaluation of its strategic arsenal’s technical readiness.

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