SEOUL, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jung Un oversaw the test-firing of a "cutting-edge" anti-ship missile to be deployed by the country's navy, state media reported on Saturday.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency and the ruling Workers' Party Rodong Sinmun newspaper said North Korea's leader watched as the missile was deployed.
"As the head of the East Sea Fleet ordered the test-firing, the ultra-precision anti-ship rocket blasted off from a rocket boat. The intelligent rocket precisely sought, tracked and hit the "enemy" ship after taking a safe flight," Rodong Sinmun reported, without giving a location or date.
The report comes weeks before a planned joint military exercise by the United States and South Korea that the North has long denounced.
Last month, North Korea offered a temporary moratorium on nuclear testing if the annual joint exercise was canceled. Washington rejected the proposal.
