The Hwasong-17 is North Korea’s largest missile but and was launched following the beginning of South Korean and American joint navy drills held on a scale not seen since 2017.
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North Korea has launched its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental
ballistic missile (ICBM), fired throughout a drill to show a
“tough response posture” to ongoing US-South Korea navy
drills, state media reported.
Photos launched on Friday by the nation’s authorities media
confirmed Kim Jong-un watching Thursday’s launch along with his daughter and
included photos from area apparently shot by a digital camera mounted
on the missile.
North Korea fired the ICBM into the ocean between the Korean
peninsula and Japan, hours earlier than South Korea’s
president flew to Tokyo for a summit that mentioned methods to
counter the nuclear-armed North.
“The launching drill of the strategic weapon serves as an
event to present a stronger warning to the enemies deliberately
escalating the stress within the Korean peninsula whereas
persistently resorting to irresponsible and reckless navy
threats,” state news company KCNA mentioned.
The North’s ballistic missiles are banned beneath United
Nations Security Council resolutions and the launch drew
condemnation from governments in Seoul, Washington and Tokyo.
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US-South Korea navy drills
South Korean and American forces started 11 days of joint
drills, dubbed “Freedom Shield 23,” on Monday, held on a scale
not seen since 2017 to counter the North’s rising threats.
Kim accused the United States and South Korea of accelerating
tensions with the navy drills.
He “confused the necessity to strike worry into the enemies,
actually deter battle and reliably assure the peaceable lifetime of our
individuals and their wrestle for socialist development by
irreversibly bolstering up the nuclear battle deterrent,” KCNA
reported.
China, which has a defence pact with North Korea, additionally
blamed the United States for the present tensions, saying they
are attributable to Washington’s efforts to extend stress on
Pyongyang.
The Hwasong-17 is North Korea’s largest missile but and is
the biggest road-mobile, liquid-fuelled ICBM on the planet.
It is believed to have the vary to probably ship a
nuclear warhead to targets anyplace within the United States.
The missile was launched from Pyongyang’s airport and KCNA mentioned it travelled as much as a most altitude of 6,045 km and flew a distance of 1,000 km for simply over 69 minutes, earlier than falling into the open sea.
The launch didn’t pose a security risk to any neighbouring nations, the report mentioned.
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