North Korea’s Kim is bolstering nuclear and conventional weapons after testing 2 types of missiles

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised successful tests of two types of missiles as he ordered officials to bolster up his country’s military capabilities to repel U.S.-led threats. The tests appeared to be the same as the multiple missile launches that neighboring countries said North Korea performed off its east coast on Wednesday. North Korea is extending its run of weapons displays as confrontations with the U.S. and South Korea escalate. State media said Thursday that Kim oversaw the launch of the North’s newly built Hwasongpho-11-Da-4.5 ballistic missile tipped with a dummy “4.5-ton super-large conventional warhead.” Kim also guided the launch of an improved “strategic” cruise missile, a word implying the weapons were developed to carry nuclear warheads.