PHOTO RELEASED BY NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT VIA KCNA/KNS, JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE.
This photo provided by the North Korean government Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, shows a test missile launched from a train on Sept. 15, 2021, in an undisclosed location of North Korea. North Korea says it succeeded in launching ballistic missiles from a train for the first time in part of continuing efforts to bolster its ??swar deterrence,??? a day after the two Koreas tested-fired missiles hours apart. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)