North Korea launched a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile, possibly related to developing a new solid-fuel hypersonic weapon. Solid-fuel technology offers advantages like easier operation and greater responsiveness in crisis. Countries like the U.S., Soviet Union, and China have utilized solid fuel in missile systems. North Korea s solid-fuel ICBM aims to enhance its nuclear counterattack capability.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his military should “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
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Photos published by North Korean state media showed what appeared to be leader Kim Jong Un watching the fiery launch from a facility in the North Pyongan Province.
SEOUL: North Korea said on Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the United States led its allies in condemning the launch as a brazen violation of United Nations sanctions.