North Korean state media reported Saturday morning that it had conducted "another crucial test" at a missile launch site at the country's Sohae Satellite Launching Ground on Friday to beef up its nuclear deterrence against the West.
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the test would support North Korea's "reliable strategic nuclear deterrent," though it wasn't exactly clear what was actually tested.
"The research successes being registered by us in defense science one after another recently will be applied to further bolstering up the reliable strategic nuclear deterrent of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," a spokesman for North Korea's Academy of Defense Science said in a statement.
Testing at the Sohae site is almost becoming a weekly occurrence. Last Saturday, we reported that a "very important" test occurred at the site, likely an engine test, in preparation for an upcoming launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
North Korea warned earlier this month that it would send Washington a "Christmas gift," likely in the form of a new ICBM launch.
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