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North Korea Launches Cruise Missiles Following Nuclear Submarine Display

The non-ballistic missiles were flown ahead of a congress at which the communist regime will consider whether to resume nuclear diplomacy talks with Washington.
North Korea Launches Cruise Missiles Following Nuclear Submarine Display
A photo provided by the North Korean regime shows what it calls a test of a long-range strategic cruise missile in the Yellow Sea off North Korea, on Dec. 28, 2025. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
Rachel Roberts
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North Korea said on Dec. 29 that it had fired long-range strategic cruise missiles into the sea to test its nuclear deterrence capabilities, just days after state media reported the regime’s progress in constructing its first nuclear-powered submarine.

The Dec. 28 missile launches off North Korea’s west coast came ahead of the communist country’s ruling Workers’ Party congress early next year, the first such meeting in five years.

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