North Korean state media releases video of latest missile test
North Korean public broadcaster KRT broadcast videos of the country’s latest missile test on Tuesday, a day after South Korea detected it.
North Korea said Tuesday its latest weapons test was a new intermediate-range hypersonic missile designed to strike distant targets in the Pacific, as leader Kim Jong Un pledged to expand his collection of nuclear-capable weapons to counter rival nations.
The North Korean state press report came a day after the South Korean military said it detected North Korea’s launch of a missile that traveled 1,100 kilometers before landing in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
This launch, carried out a few weeks before Donald Trump’s return to the presidency of the United States, is the result of a torrid year in terms of weapons testing.
Last year, North Korea has demonstrated several weapons systems that can target its neighbors and the United Statesincluding solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles, and there are fears that its military capabilities could be further advanced through technology transfers from Russia, as the two countries clash over the war in Ukraine.
In recent years, North Korea has flight tested several intermediate-range missiles that, if perfected, could reach the U.S. military hub of Guam in the Pacific.
In recent months, the North has tested combining these missiles with so-called hypersonic warheads to improve their survivability.