North Korea tested a new large-caliber multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) on Saturday, North Korea media revealed on Sunday, with DPRK leader Kim Jong Un overseeing the launch.

The DPRK tested a “super-large multiple rocket launcher,” an article from the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

“(Kim) gave high appreciation, saying that it is, indeed, a great weapon, our young national defence scientists are so clever as to conceive out of their own heads and design and complete the weapon system at one go-off although they have never seen it, and they have performed a great work,” the