N. Korea confirms test-firing of Hwasong-17 ICBM

N. Korea confirms test-firing of Hwasong-17 ICBM

This image, captured from North Korea's Korean Central Television on Nov. 19, 2022, shows North Korean announcer Ri Chun-hee announcing that the North successfully launched a new type of the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Pyongyang International Airport the previous day. The North's leader Kim Jong-un declared a resolute nuclear response to threats by the United States during an on-site inspection of the test-firing, and the missile flew 999.2 kilometers for 4,135 seconds at an apogee of 6,040.9 km before falling into the East Sea, the KCNA said. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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