What we know so far about North Korea’s latest long-range cruise missile

US says the weapon may have nuclear capabilities and poses ‘threats’ to neighbouring nations

A North Korean missile test in 2019
A North Korean missile test in 2019
(Image credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

North Korea has announced successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile that the secretive state described as “a strategic weapon of great significance”.

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