North Korea claimed Thursday it has successfully test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a super-large warhead, a day after South Korea said Pyongyang fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles.

North Korea claimed Thursday it has successfully test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a super-large warhead, a day after South Korea said Pyongyang fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles.

North Korea said Thursday that it test-fired new types ballistic and strategic cruise missiles, state-run media reported. The country's Missile Administration successfully test-fired the new Hwasongpho-11 Da-4.5 tactical ballistic missile and an improved strategic cruise missile Wednesday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported.