N. Korea Tests Long Range Cruise Missile Designed to Evade Defenses

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea has conducted its first missile test in about six months. The long-range cruise missile being tested could give Pyongyang another way to evade its neighbors’ missile defenses, say analysts.  

The “newly-developed long-range cruise missiles” flew 1,500 kilometers over North Korean territory before successfully hitting their targets, North Korean state media reported Monday.   The reports did not say how many missiles were tested, but said the tests occurred Saturday and Sunday.  Pictures posted in North Korean state media showed one of the cruise missiles being fired from a five-canister, road-mobile launcher that appeared to be parked on a highway.