North Korea tested a new cluster-bomb warhead on a ballistic missile and an electromagnetic weapon this week, according to the regime’s state news agency.
Pyongyang’s Academy of Defence Science and the Missile Administration also trialed carbon-fiber bombs and a mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile system, KCNA reported on April 9. Gen. Kim Jong Sik, who oversaw the tests, said the electromagnetic weapon system and carbon-fiber bombs were “special assets” for North Korea’s military, according to the news agency.
The tests were carried out on April 6, 7, and 8, KCNA said, reporting that they “confirmed that the surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile Hwasongpho-11 Ka tipped with the cluster bomb warhead can reduce to ashes any target covering an area of 6.5~7 hectares with the highest-density power.”…
North Korea Tests Cluster-Bomb Missile, Electromagnetic Weapon: State Media
