North Korea says it has made further progress in expanding its nuclear capabilities to deter the United States. A “new type” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was fired during a weapons test on Friday, the largely isolated country’s state media reported on Saturday. The test, led by ruler Kim Jong-un, was successful. The armed forces now have another means at hand to “deter any nuclear threat,” Kim said.
Kim again accused the United States of confronting and threatening his country with nuclear weapons — an accusation Washington denies. Kim threatened to respond “to nuclear weapons with nuclear weapons and to total confrontation with total confrontation.” Any military counter-action by the US and its allies, including South Korea, will lead to their self-destruction.
South Korea said North Korea fired a missile on Friday for the second time this month that could theoretically hit US territory. North Korea identified the missile as “Hwasongpho-17” and boasted that it now had “the most powerful strategic weapon in the world.” After a flight at an altitude of no less than 6040.9 kilometers and a distance of almost 1000 kilometers, she fell into the water in a targeted area in the Sea of Japan (Korean: Baltic Sea).
The United States and its allies South Korea and Japan accused North Korea of serious provocation. A UN resolution prohibits Pyongyang from testing ICBMs and other ballistic missiles that, depending on the design, can be equipped with a nuclear warhead. Despite international criticism, North Korea has been conducting unusually high missile tests since late September. (sda/dpa)
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