North Korean missile testMOSCOW, Jan 18 North Korea says it conducted a test launch on Jan 17 tactical guided missiles, reports the South Korean agency Yonhap with reference to the North Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA). «Two tactical guided missiles launched in the western part of the DPRK accurately hit an island target in the East Korean Sea (Sea of Japan — ed.)», — The KCNA said in a statement. from the Sunan Airport area, near Pyongyang, heading east. This is the fourth launch of North Korean missiles this year. The previous ones took place on January 5, 11 and 14. On the first two occasions, North Korea claimed to have successfully tested hypersonic missiles, and on January 14, two ballistic missiles were fired from a railroad missile system.