Kim calls for North Korea to bolster weapons after testing 2 missiles

This photo reportedly taken on Sept. 18, 2024, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 19, 2024, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the test firing of a new tactical ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. This picture reportedly taken on Sept. 18, 2024, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 19, 2024, shows a new tactical ballistic missile landing on the target during a test-firing at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

North Korea said Thursday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised successful tests of two types of missiles — one designed to carry a "super-large conventional warhead" and the other likely for a nuclear warhead, as he ordered officials to bolster his country's military capabilities to repel U.S.-led threats.