North Korea said it had conducted another test at a satellite launch site on Friday to bolster its strategic nuclear deterrence, CNBC reports citing North Korean state media outlet KCNA.
The test was conducted at the Sohae satellite launch site, KCNA said, citing a spokesman for North Korea’s Academy of Defense Science, without specifying what sort of testing occurred.
It was the second such test at the facility in the last week.
KCNA on Sunday said that North Korea had carried out a “very important” test on Dec. 7 at the Sohae satellite launch site, a rocket-testing facility that U.S. officials once said North Korea had promised to close.
That KCNA report called that event a “successful test of great significance.” South Korea’s defense minister Jeong Keong-doo said it was an engine test.
