N. Korea tests cruise missiles in show of 'combat readiness'

North Korea test-fired two strategic long-range cruise missiles, state media reported Monday, hailing the exercise as a show of “combat readiness” against foreign threats.

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Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the drill -- staged Sunday over the Yellow Sea to the west of the Korean peninsula -- and called for "unlimited and sustained" development of his nuclear weapons forces, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said.

The goal of the exercise was to review the “counteroffensive response posture and combat capability of long-range missile sub-units,” KCNA said.

The missiles flew for more than two hours, state media said, sharing photos of the missiles being fired and hitting a target.