North Korea has developed yet another weapon that can put most of Japan within striking distance, this one potentially capable of evading missile defenses and delivering a nuclear bomb to a large chunk of the archipelago.
The North announced Monday that it had test-fired “new-type, long-range” cruise missiles over the weekend, according to state-run media. The launches were the country’s first missile tests since March, when it fired off two short-range ballistic missiles.
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