North Korea says test firing of hypersonic missile

(Seoul) North Korea carried out a hypersonic missile test fire, the official North Korean agency KCNA reported Thursday, the first such test by Pyongyang this year.






The missile was fired on Wednesday and carried a “hypersonic warhead” that “accurately hit a target 700 km away,” according to KCNA.

This is the second time North Korea has reported firing a hypersonic missile, a sophisticated weapon that attests to advances by the North Korean defense industry.

On Wednesday, South Korea and Japan detected Pyongyang firing an unidentified projectile, believed to be a ballistic missile, in the sea to the east of the peninsula (Sea of ​​Japan, or East Sea according to the ‘Korean name).

The United States condemned this shooting which according to them “violates several UN Security Council resolutions and poses a threat to North Korea’s neighbors and the international community”.


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