North Korea has carried out test launches of strategic cruise missiles to send a message to “enemies” about its counterattack capabilities, state media has said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the missile drills in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Friday.

North Korea has conducted a new test of nuclear-capable missiles, launching them over the sea off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, state media reported. The missiles traveled a distance of 1,587 kilometers in an oval trajectory,