A North Korean propaganda film has revealed footage of a newly developed cruise missile, according to experts.
The missile is believed to be similar to the Russian KH-35 missile, which came into service in 2003.
Cruise missiles are short-range weapons guided by on-board computers, used to attack specific targets. The majority of the North's known missiles are much larger, longer-range missiles.
The North is under UN sanctions over its weapons and nuclear programmes.
Many in the West believe Pyongyang is trying to develop a nuclear weapon.
But analysts say the North does not appear to have successfully manufactured a warhead small enough to be carried by its missiles.
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ANALYSIS: Jonathan Marcus, diplomatic correspondent, BBC News
Fast, sea-skimming cruise missiles represent a potent threat to modern warships. So the evidence that North Korea is now producing its own anti-ship missile is of concern, and not just to the US Navy and North Korea's neighbours.
Pyongyang has established a significant cash and carry business selling its home-built ballistic missiles and there are clearly concerns that North Korea could seek to market a new line in cruise missiles as well.
There's much debate among experts as to just where North Korea got its cruise missile, which bears a remarkable resemblance to the Russian Kh-35 Uran. This was developed during the 1980s and 1990s. It can carry a 150kg warhead out to about 130km (80 miles).
A direct export by Moscow would break the UN arms embargo against Pyongyang. There's speculation that maybe the North Koreans obtained their prototype from Myanmar, or via the black market.
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The new missile was revealed for only a split second at the end of the 50-minute propaganda film.
It appeared in between montages of soldiers shouting, tanks firing in unison and leader Kim Jong-un laughing.
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Annoyingly, there is no link to the actual video, but the still image (badly captured) does look a lot like an Uran. Only ever seen one of them though, and that were a bit worse for wear. A 150 kilo HE warhead is not beyond their capabilities to produce, though I debate strongly if they can actually produce the onboard computer guidance system needed. I'll bet a burger to a sirloin that this one, at least, were remote piloted.