SEOUL, April 14 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles from a 5,000-ton naval destroyer, state media reported Tuesday, as he called bolstering nuclear deterrence the country's "most important priority task."
The North's Choe Hyon destroyer launched two cruise missiles and three anti-ship missiles at island targets in the Yellow Sea on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency said.
The cruise missiles flew for roughly two hours and 12 minutes before striking their targets, KCNA said, while the anti-ship missiles flew for about 33 minutes.
The test was "aimed at checking the launching control line of the warship's integrated weapon commanding system ... as well as confirming the accuracy and the rate of hits of the improved active anti-jamming navigation system," KCNA reported.
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