North Korea Says It Tested a Solid-Fuel Missile Hypersonic Warhead in Latest Show of Force

Published on January 15, 2024

North Korea reported yet another missile test from its launch site near its capital Pyongyang on Jan. 15. It involved a new solid-fuel intermediate-range missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead. The news comes amid ongoing tension between North Korea and the West, as the communist country aims to demonstrate its ballistic missile capabilities in an attempt to assert dominance in the region through the deployment of more powerful and harder-to-detect weapons. North Korea’s state media reported the launch, the country’s first ballistic test of 2024, after it was detected by South Korean and Japanese militaries the day before. It follows a successful solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile launch two months prior, as North Korea gears up to target U.S. military bases in Guam and Japan....

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