North Korea conducts “Hwasong Cannon-18” intercontinental ballistic missile launch training – Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, Seoul, December 19. According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 19th, in response to the recent increase in military threats from the United States and South Korea to North Korea, North Korea conducted a “Hwasong Cannon-18” intercontinental ballistic missile launch training. Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Council, observed the launch training on site.
According to reports, the missile launched this time reached an altitude of more than 6,500 kilometers, a flight distance of more than 1,000 kilometers, and a flight time of 4,415 seconds. The missile finally accurately landed in the target waters on the high seas in eastern North Korea. Kim Jong-un said that this action once again demonstrated North Korea’s “super tough will and absolute strength”.
The Korean Central News Agency said that the United States and South Korea recently held the second meeting of the “Nuclear Consultative Group” in Washington, once again exaggerating the “end of the regime” in North Korea and attempting to conduct large-scale joint training in an actual combat environment aimed at launching a retaliatory nuclear strike against North Korea. . The United States has also recently deployed the USS Missouri nuclear-powered submarine to the Korean Peninsula, seriously threatening the security environment of North Korea and the region. To this end, North Korea has taken strong warning responses.
The KCNA report did not mention the specific time and location of the launch. Yonhap News Agency reported on the 18th citing news from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff that the South Korean military discovered that North Korea launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile from the Pyongyang area to the eastern sea on the morning of the 18th.
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