Confirmation and photos are here. On Friday morning, North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency said the launch of “a new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), dubbed Hwasong-17, was personally ordered by North Korean leader Kim Jong. -one, and that he had perfectly hit his target in the Sea of Japan.
The new missile – Pyongyang’s first ICBM test since 2017 – reached an altitude of 6.2 km and flew 1,090 km, KCNA said. In a photo, we see Kim Jong-un in front of a huge truck carrying this Hwasong-17, on the launch pad located near Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang.
International convictions
This is “a break in the suspension of intercontinental ballistic missile launches promised by President Kim Jong-un to the international community”, lamented South Korean President Moon Jae-in The South Korean army has said it retaliated by firing “missiles from the ground, sea and air” off its coast.
The UN on Thursday “strongly” condemned this shooting and called on Pyongyang to cease any action deemed “counterproductive” and which stokes “tensions” in Asia. The Security Council is expected to meet on Friday at the request of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Albania, Ireland and Norway. “Strongly” condemning the new shooting, the White House assured that the United States would take “all necessary measures to ensure the security of American territory, South Korea and Japan”.