State media in North Korea said on Friday that Pyongyang tested a new “tactical guided projectile” with a solid-fuel engine. 

This comes after it launched two weapons from its east coast on Thursday in its first substantive provocation since US President Biden’s inauguration. The weapons were called ballistic missiles by Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga. 

The UN Security Council has imposed multiple sanctions on Pyongyang banning it from developing ballistic missiles. 

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As per the official KCNA news agency, the firing of the missile was supervised by Ri Pyong Chol, a senior official. 

US President Joe Biden said to reporters that UN resolution 1718 “was violated by those particular missiles that were tested,” reported AFP. 

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It was successful with the two projectiles accurately hitting a target 600 kilometres (370 miles) into the Sea of Japan, known as the East Sea in Korea, it added.

A report said the weapon could carry a payload of 2.5 tons while avoiding the use of “missile”.

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The test was “of great significance in bolstering up the military power of the country, and deterring all sorts of military threats existing on the Korean Peninsula,” Ri said as cited by KCNA.