North Korea announced: We tested a new type of ballistic missile
North Korea announced that the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which it launched yesterday in the direction of the Sea of Japan (East Sea), is a new type of “Hwasong-18” solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile.
According to news Yonhap reported from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the test conducted under the direction of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is reported to be a new type of ballistic missile, which is defined as “future basic”. war deterrence tools.
Details of characteristics such as the flight distance and maximum altitude of the new “Hwasong-18” solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, which was tested yesterday, were not disclosed. Kim was reported to have said regarding the new missile that “the nuclear counterattack will radically improve the effectiveness of the posture and change the feasibility of the offensive military strategy.”
The North Korean leader said Pyongyang committed to “deadly and aggressive countermeasures.”
The South Korean military said yesterday that the North had detected the launch of a medium- or long-range ballistic missile in the East Sea near Pyongyang.
Pyongyang has conducted around 100 missile tests since early 2022. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)