North Korea says it tested a cruise missile system, its third known weapons display this year, and vowed “the toughest” response to what it called the escalation of U.S.-South Korean military drills t

North Korea has test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA reported Sunday, adding that the weapons precisely hit their targets.The war deterrence means

The moves suggested North Korea will likely maintain its run of weapons tests and its confrontational stance against the US.

North Korea said Sunday it tested sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles the day before, vowing to take the "toughest countermeasure" against the US in the first week of Washington's new administration.