People watch a television news broadcast showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Sept 28, 2021. - AFP
SEOUL (AFP): North Korea has successfully tested a new hypersonic gliding missile, state media reported Wednesday (Sept 29), in what would be the nuclear-armed nation's latest advance in weapons technology.
Tuesday's launch was of "great strategic significance", the official Korean Central News Agency said, as the North seeks to increase its defence capabilities a "thousand-fold".
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