North Korea test-fires new long-range cruise missile that poses 'considerable threat'

North Korea test-fired a new "long-range cruise missile" over the weekend, seen by analysts as possibly the missile that "poses a considerable threat".

North Korea test-fired a new "long-range cruise missile" over the weekend, state media reported Monday, calling it a "strategic weapon of great significance" amid a long standoff with the United States over its nuclear programme. Pictures in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed a missile exiting one of five tubes on a launch vehicle in a ball of flame, and a missile in horizontal flight.