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North Korea conducts weapons tests including guided rockets and missiles

North Korean state media reported tests of an upgraded 240mm guided multiple rocket launcher capable of reaching targets up to 115 kilometres away. Separate reports indicate North Korea also launched two short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area, which analysts suspect may be an upgraded hypersonic weapon system. Military tracking data from South Korea and Japan regarding the flight distance of the missiles differs from figures released by North Korea, leaving the exact technical specifications unconfirmed.

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Our summary of the disagreement.
South Korean and Japanese military monitoring reported the two missiles flew distances of approximately 450 kilometres and over 600 kilometres, while North Korean figures stated a flight distance of 908.2 kilometres.
The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw北韓
  • newtalk北韓
  • 81朝鲜
  • telegramСМИ КНДР
  • ltn北韓
2 differing positions reported on status across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw試射
  • newtalk疑
  • 81试射
  • telegramсообщают
  • ltn變
WhereNorth Korea
39.532, 126.556 ±400 km
First reported31 days ago
Published2026-09-24 07:28 UTC
Sources5
How this travelled.
Reports6Independent tellings5
5 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. North Korea conducts weapons tests including guided rockets and missiles. 2026-09-24T07:28:36.068Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3386. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-24/115-fb892e56

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