North Korea has successfully tested a
"new type"
of submarine-launched ballistic missile, state media reported early Wednesday (October 20th).
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The weapon is equipped with
"many advanced control and guidance technologies,"
according to the Korean state-run news agency KCNA, and was fired from the same ship the country used in its first strategic ballistic missile test. mer-sol (SLBM) five years ago.