After months of relative silence about missile development activities, North Korea announced on Wednesday that it carried out two separate tests of solid-fuel motors for “new-type intermediate-range ballistic missiles” (IRBM).

State media claimed that a test of a new first-stage motor took place on Nov. 11 and that a test of a second-stage motor took place on Nov. 14. Both tests were reportedly successes, with the Rodong Sinmun releasing one image of each. 

Notably, the tests took place at different sites: one at the long-standing solid-propellant engine test stand at Magunpho, and another at the newer facility