North Korea says it successfully test-fired a new mid- to long-range solid-fuel hypersonic missile, North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported.
North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday in a possible test of a new rocket using solid fuel, drawing swift condemnation from South Korea, Japan and the United States.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected the launch, Rodong Sinmun said, and lauded it as a strategic weapon that demonstrates the “absolute superiority” of North Korea’s defence technology.
North Korea has “fully turned all tactical, operational, and strategic-grade missiles of different ranges into solid-fuel, with warhead control, and capable of nuclearisation”, Kim said, according to Rodong Sinmun.
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