North Korea successfully conducted a multiple warhead missile test on Wednesday, according to state media, after South Korean military authorities claimed the test was a failure.

The test reportedly advanced one of the final remaining items on leader Kim Jong Un’s five-year military development plan announced in 2021, as Pyongyang seeks to improve the survivability of its nuclear weapons.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reportedon Thursday that the “individual mobile warhead separation and guidance control test” was technical in nature and that full-scale testing can now begin. It is the first time state media has claimed the