Conflict & Security
North Korea tests two submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles
October 15, 2026 at 01:57 AM · Updated 1d ago
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5 reports · 4 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 4 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
بيونغ يانغ تختبر إطلاق صواريخ كروز إستراتيجية من غواصات
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SNSky News Arabia
"أنظمة تحت الماء".. كوريا الشمالية تطلق صواريخ من غواصات
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AJAl Jazeera English
North Korea tests two submarine-launched missiles, state media reports
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يواليوم السابع
كوريا الشمالية تختبر صواريخ كروز استراتيجية تُطلق من الغواصات
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MAMasrawy
كوريا الشمالية: اختبار صواريخ مجنحة مصممة للإطلاق من الغواصات
(opens the publisher’s site)North Korea has announced the test-firing of two submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles, days after launching multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters.
- State media KCNA reported Wednesday's tests of two submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles in waters off North Korea's east coast.
- The agency said the tests assessed underwater combat systems' operational readiness and verified the reliability of its war-deterrence structures.
- Senior military officials Kim Jong-sil, a Central Military Commission member, and Jang Chang-ha, missile administration head, oversaw the launches.
- North Korea fired several ballistic missiles Monday, one traveling over 900 kilometers; the South Korean military has not commented on the latest tests.
- State media KCNA identified one of the two test-fired missiles as a Pulhwasal-3-31 cruise missile.
- KCNA released imagery showing the missiles launching vertically and at a 45-degree angle from the sea.