This picture supplied by the North Korean authorities exhibits what it says is a launching drill of a cruise missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea on early Thursday.

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This picture supplied by the North Korean authorities exhibits what it says is a launching drill of a cruise missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea on early Thursday.

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SEOUL — North Korea says it test-launched 4 nuclear-capable cruise missiles, its first cruise missile check since November. The launch comes a day after the U.S. and South Korea held tabletop workouts simulating a North Korean nuclear assault.

The Korean Central News Agency stated the 4 strategic cruise missiles every flew about 1,200 miles to the east, in elliptical and figure-8-shaped trajectories, earlier than hitting targets within the sea.

South Korea’s army didn’t say if it detected the launches or not. It says it’s investigating whether or not the North’s claims concerning the launch are true.

The U.S., South Korea and Japan held trilateral missile protection drills this week off the coast of South Korea.

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry known as in a press release for the U.S. to cease deploying strategic weapons, resembling plane carriers, to the Korean peninsula, and halt joint army drills with South Korea.