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DPRK Defence Science Research Institutes Conduct Tests of Important Weapon Systems

Date: 09/04/2026 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

West Coast Exchange, North Korea Watcher Conference, Sept. 2026

Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The Academy of Defence Science and the Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted the tests of electromagnetic weapon system, carbon fiber sham bombs scattering, verifying combat reliability of mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile system and estimating combat application and power of cluster bomb warhead of tactical ballistic missile on April 6, 7 and 8.

The tests were guided by Full General Kim Jong Sik, member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.

He said that the electromagnetic weapon and carbon fiber bomb are special assets of strategic nature to be combined with and applied to various military means in different spheres.

The Anti-Air Weapon System Research Bureau of the Missile Administration conducted a test to verify the combat reliability of the mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile system.

The Ballistic Missile System Institute and the Warhead Institute of the Missile Administration conducted a test of estimating the combat application and cluster munitions power of tactical ballistic missile warhead, and confirmed that the surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile Hwasongpho-11 Ka tipped with the cluster bomb warhead can reduce to ashes any target covering an area of 6.5~7 hectares with the highest-density power.

There was a firing for testing the maximum workload of engine using low-cost materials.

The Missile Administration said that the above tests are of great significance in the development of the armed forces of the DPRK and are a part of the regular activities of the administration and its affiliated defence scientific research institutes to constantly develop and upgrade weapon systems. -0-

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