The DPRK General Directorate of Missile Science conducted a test launch of the latest air defense system. This was reported by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The launch was made on November 4. As a result of the tests, "the technical characteristics and reliability of the aircraft's new materials, an intellectual method of multiple integrated control, the ability of the air defense system to detect and identify targets, and an intelligence processing mechanism were confirmed," the agency said in a statement. It is also noted that on the same day there were demonstration exercises of the firing unit of the long-range strategic cruise missile unit of the Eastern region. "These tests and exercises were carried out as part of the mandatory activity of the security and military sector at all levels, aimed at technical updating of the combat systems and increasing the combat confidence of the strategic weapon," the publication said.