North Korea Again Shows Off New Weapon System: ‘Railway-Borne Missiles’

This photo provided by the North Korean government on Sept. 16, 2021, shows a test missile launched from a train in an undisclosed location of North Korea, on Sept. 15, 2021. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

North Korea’s state-run television aired video footage on Thursday of the communist country’s first successful test-firing of missiles that were launched from a train.

The missiles were tested at dawn on Sept. 15 and accurately struck a targeted area 497 miles (800 kilometers) in the sea off North Korea’s east coast, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).