SEOUL North Korea’s flurry of new missile tests, including what it calls “hypersonic” weapons, has underscored the importance of the country’s missile engineers and scientists, a group that is high profile within his government but opaque to outsiders.
North Korea’s flurry of new missile tests has underscored the importance of the country’s missile engineers and scientists, a high-profile group that remains opaque to outsiders.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's recent claims of testing hypersonic weapons overshadowed its pursuit of a potentially risky rocket fuel system that analysts say could allow the nuclear-armed state to deploy and launch its missiles faster during a war.
North Korea yesterday appeared to test-fire a ballistic missile for the second time in less than a week, drawing condemnation from South Korea, Japan and the US, where officials said the repeated launches risked destabilizing the region.
The suspected ballistic missile launch was detected a about 7:27am from an inland area of North Korea toward the ocean off its east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
The South Korean National Security Council held an emergency meeting where members expressed “strong regret” that the missile test came at a time when regional stability is extremely important, and urged