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North Korea Tests Cluster-Bomb Warheads for Tactical Ballistic Missiles

Pyongyang has successfully test-fired a strategic cruise missile equipped with a dispersal warhead, state media reported Tuesday. The launch marks the country's first demonstrated integration of cluster munitions onto its low-flying cruise missile platforms.

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North Korea's state media released images of a strategic cruise missile test, claiming the weapon was fitted with a new dispersal warhead.From: North Korea Tests Strategic Cruise Missile Equipped With Dispersal Warhead

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Dispersal warheads are designed to scatter dozens of submunitions over a wide area, maximizing damage to dispersed targets like air bases.From: North Korea Tests Strategic Cruise Missile Equipped With Dispersal Warhead ·
North Korea's existing strategic cruise missiles have demonstrated ranges capable of reaching targets across the Korean Peninsula and Japan.From: North Korea Tests Strategic Cruise Missile Equipped With Dispersal Warhead ·
Cluster munitions disperse hundreds of smaller bomblets mid-air, designed to saturate a wide target area and overwhelm point defenses.From: North Korea Tests Cluster-Bomb Warheads for Tactical Ballistic Missiles ·
The pace of North Korean tactical weapons testing has increased steadily as the regime approaches the end of its five-year military development plan.From: North Korea Tests Cluster-Bomb Warheads for Tactical Ballistic Missiles ·
Allied missile defense systems face significant challenges intercepting low-flying cruise missiles before they can release their submunitions.From: North Korea Tests Strategic Cruise Missile Equipped With Dispersal Warhead ·
South Korean defense planners face new challenges in intercepting saturated strikes that utilize dispersed submunitions.From: North Korea Tests Cluster-Bomb Warheads for Tactical Ballistic Missiles ·

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