SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korea said Friday it had test-fired a new weapons system which would boost its combat readiness, as Russia’s security chief arrived in Pyongyang for talks with leader Kim Jong Un.

Traditional allies Russia and North Korea have drawn closer since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with Seoul accusing Kim of sending thousands of troops and container loads of weapons to help Moscow fight Kyiv.

Neither Moscow nor Pyongyang has officially confirmed the troop deployment, but the two countries last year signed a sweeping military deal, including a mutual defence clause, when Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare visit to the nuclear-armed North.

Moscow’s top security official Sergei Shoigu has arrived in North Korea for a visit, Russian news agency TASS reported Friday, the latest in a recent series of high-level exchanges between North Korea and Russia.

Shoigu is scheduled to meet with Kim and other North Korean officials, both TASS and RIA Novosti reported.

Kim oversaw the test-fire of the country’s latest anti-aircraft missile system, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Friday, without specifying when the test happened…”