North Korea test-fired a new ballistic missile carrying a super-large warhead and an improved strategic cruise missile, state media reported Thursday, as leader Kim Jong Un called for increased weapons development.

North Korea successfully tested a new ballistic missile capable of carrying a "super-large conventional warhead," Pyongyang's state media reported on Thursday. State-controlled KCNA news agency quoted the country's Missile Administration as stating the test-fire,

North Korea claimed Thursday it had tested a tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a "super-large" warhead, and a strategic cruise missile.