North Korea tests strategic cruise missile with cluster warhead

North Korea's state media announced the army tested a strategic cruise missile with a cluster warhead, the country's second cluster-weapons test in days.

• KCNA reported Tuesday that the missile administration tested the cruise missile on Monday under the supervision of Vice Marshal Kim Jong-sik.
• The warhead institute said the medium-sized cluster warhead can destroy a target area of 5 to 6 hectares.
• The cruise missile institute said it completed the missile's vertical-strike capability by improving its terminal maneuver.
• North Korea tested a cluster bomb for tactical ballistic missiles on Saturday.