5 days ago · North Korea
North Korea test-fires two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. Channel NewsAsia Latest, ABC News, Euronews, Deutsche Welle All News, CBS News, and South China Morning Post Asia are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to North Korea. The first report grouped here was at 12 Oct 2026, 01:01 UTC. 11 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “North Korea test-fires two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Photos released by KCNA showed one missile blasting vertically out of the sea, trailed by a thick plume of smoke. Another photo appeared to show a projectile erupting from the water at a 45-degree angle.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Days after AI missile test, North Korea fires more projectiles
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
North Korea fires 'several ballistic missiles' into Sea of Japan
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan: Seoul
- Picked up by CBS News
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles in continued weapons tests
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
- Picked up by ABC News
North Korea test-fires suspected ballistic missiles, Japan says
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
North Korea test-fires tactical ballistic missile, KCNA says
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
North Korea says it tested cruise missiles to be launched from sub
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
North Korea test-fires two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
North Korea tests submarine-launched cruise missiles, heightening tensions with Seoul
Same story, different outlets
6 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- Channel NewsAsia LatestNorth Korea test-fires two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles
- ABC NewsNorth Korea test-fires suspected ballistic missiles, Japan says
- EuronewsNorth Korea fires 'several ballistic missiles' into Sea of Japan, Seoul's military says
- Deutsche Welle All NewsNorth Korea fires missiles after Seoul's hypersonic test
- CBS NewsNorth Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles in continued weapons tests
- South China Morning PostDays after AI missile test, North Korea fires more projectiles