2023-07-12 21:51:20
North Korea confirms test launch of Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile Kim Jong-un spoke up. Pictured is North Korea’s missile test early last year. (Xinhua News Agency)
North Korea’s official media confirmed today (13th) that yesterday (12th) it test-fired a solid-fuel Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the Sea of Japan. State media pointed out that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that North Korea will continue to take military actions until the United States abandons its hostile policy towards North Korea.
The U.S. Air Force sent a reconnaissance plane to the Korean peninsula for three consecutive days last week to carry out reconnaissance missions, which caused dissatisfaction among the Pyongyang authorities. North Korea conducted its latest and longest-running test of a ballistic missile yesterday morning that may have ranged across the entire United States. According to the Ministry of Defense of Japan, at regarding 9:59 am on the 12th, North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)-level missile from the outskirts of the capital Pyongyang toward the east. Kilometers, the Sea of Japan outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the flight time of the missile is regarding 74 minutes, surpassing the 71 minutes on March 24, 2022, setting the longest record in North Korea’s history. This missile has a flight distance of regarding 1,000 kilometers and a maximum altitude of more than 6,000 kilometers. It was launched from a “lofted trajectory” (lofted trajectory) that is higher than the normal launch angle. If it is launched at a normal angle, its range may exceed 15,000 kilometers. Covers the entire United States.
The United States strongly condemned North Korea’s test launch, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yue urgently called a national security meeting. North Korea’s official media confirmed today that the Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was tested yesterday.
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