North Korea claims cruise missile test with dispersal warhead

North Korea says its Missile Administration tested a strategic cruise missile with a medium-sized dispersal warhead on November 2, assessing the payload's effects and terminal vertical-strike flight characteristics. State agency KCNA claimed the warhead could affect a target area of five to six hectares, but the performance figures have not been independently confirmed. The test followed a separate reported trial of a cluster-type warhead for a tactical ballistic missile two days earlier. South Korea declined to confirm the individual launches, while saying it retained the ability to detect and respond to cruise missiles directed toward its territory.