North Korea missile launch was new kind of ICBM, regime says, as first images emerge

14/04/2023 00:49 The Guardian

Kim Jong-un hails development of new solid-fuel rocket that can be deployed more quicklyNorth Korea claims it has successfully tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time – a breakthrough that the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, warned would make its enemies “suffer in endless fear”.South Korea’s military said it had detected the launch on Thursday morning of one “medium-range or longer” ballistic missile on an elevated trajectory from near the North Korean capital Pyongyang. Continue reading...

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