Pyongyang blasts FBI allegations as it test-fires strategic cruise missiles

North Korea test-fired strategic cruise missiles on Monday, November 2, 2026, which were reportedly fitted with a new cluster-munition warhead. State media, reported by AFP, stated that the missile is capable of turning a target area of 5 to 6 hectares into ashes, and the test aimed to perfect the capability to deliver a vertical strike and deter threats.