North Korea claims to have test fired new tactical guided weapon

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. KCNA/ via REUTERS

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "supervised" the test firing of a new tactical guided weapon, according to the country's propaganda outlet.
• It is unclear what type of weapon it was, but the regime claimed the test served as an "event of very weighty significance in increasing the combat power."
• The weapon was said to have a guiding system capable of being outfitted with "a powerful warhead."
• North Korea previously made similar statements on an unknown weapons systems.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "supervised" the test firing of a new tactical guided weapon, according to the country's propaganda outlet on Wednesday.

It is unclear what type of weapon it was, but the regime claimed the test served as an "event of very weighty significance in increasing the combat power."

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