2023-07-13 00:33:37
– Pyongyang says it tested a solid-fuel missile
The announcement comes days following Pyongyang threatened to shoot down US spy planes that violated its airspace.
Posted today at 02:33 Updated 8 minutes ago
This photo taken on July 12, 2023 and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 13, 2023 shows the test firing of a new Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in an undisclosed location in North Korea.
AFP PHOTO/KCNA via KNS
Experts say the flight time of regarding 70 minutes is also similar to some of North Korea’s previous ICBM launches. The launch, according to state news agency KCNA, was overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. It was a “great explosion” that shook “the whole planet”.
Kim Jong-un also promised that a “series of stronger military offensives” would be launched until the United States and South Korea change their policy towards the North, KCNA reported.
«Grave provocation»
The confirmation of the launch, which the South Korean military reported on Wednesday, comes at a time when relations are at their lowest point between North and South Korea. Kim Jong-un called his country’s nuclear power status last year “irreversible” and called for increased development of weapons, including tactical nuclear weapons.
In response, Seoul and Washington promised that Pyongyang would face a nuclear response and the “end” of its current government if it decided to use atomic weapons once morest them. The launch “is a serious provocation that undermines the peace and security of the Korean peninsula” and violates UN sanctions once morest Pyongyang, the South Korean general staff said on Wednesday.
The United Nations, the United States and their allies, including France, also strongly condemned it on Wednesday. In response to the proliferation of North Korean weapons tests, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has this year strengthened cooperation with Washington in defense matters, by organizing joint military exercises.
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