Cross-regional public-source assessment of military hardware claims, missile and air-defence test announcements, observation limits and capability verification, without operational instruction. Coverage is presented with precise, restrained, evidence-tiered and alert to uncertainty, propaganda incentives and the distinction between observed testing and verified capability.
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Pyongyang says it tested a newly designed air-defence system and rehearsed a cruise-missile strike. Seoul confirmed launches, but the reported technical successes remain unverified.