North Korea said it successfully tested a new hypersonic weapon system in its latest show of force “against potential enemies” as world leaders, including President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, prepare to gather in South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit next week.

“The new weapon system was tested as part of the defense capability development program to enhance the sustainability and effectiveness of strategic deterrence against potential enemies,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday. The report comes a day after South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Pyongyang fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles.

The US, China, North Korea and others are in a race to develop hypersonic weapons with maneuverable gliders that a

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