According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 19th, North Korea tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile on the 18th, and North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un guided the test launch on the spot.
In addition, according to Yonhap News Agency, KCNA reported that Kim Jong-un and his children and his wife Lee Seol-ju observed the scene together. This is the first time North Korean media have reported on the public appearance of Kim Jong-un's daughter. Images published in the report show a girl in a white winter coat holding Kim Jong-un's hand as she walks past the missile at the test site and watches the launch site.
Image source: KCNA
The report said that the new "Mars Cannon-17" intercontinental ballistic missile was launched at Pyongyang International Airport, flying a distance of 999.2 kilometers and a flight time of 4,135 seconds, and finally landed accurately in the predetermined waters of the high seas in eastern North Korea.
Kim Jong-un said the test reconfirmed that North Korea's nuclear forces can deter any nuclear threat. He said that the recent military threats by the United States and other forces around North Korea have become more urgent, requiring North Korea to "substantially accelerate the escalation of overwhelming nuclear deterrence."
Kim Jong-un warned that if hostile forces frequently introduce nuclear strike means and continue to threaten the DPRK, the DPRK will "resolutely answer the frontal confrontation of the United States with nuclear weapons and frontal confrontation."
Source| China News Network
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