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All of North Korea’s known missile activities during the first four months of 2024 have involved theater strike systems. This included two flight tests in January and April of the new, solid-propellant Hwasong-16 intermediate-range ballistic missile,[1] and the reported test in January of the “Haeil-5-23” theater-range unmanned underwater vehicle intended to carry a nuclear payload.[2] However, the bulk of missile activities involved theater-range land-attack cruise missiles (LACMs) and the KN-25 short-range ballistic missile (SRBM).
