North Korea says record test was new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile

[libertybele]

Yet another reason we need Trump in the White House!

North Korea says record test was new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile

- North Korea flexed its military muscle with the test of a huge new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile dubbed Hwasong-19, state media said on Friday, amid international uproar over its troops deployed to aid Russia in Ukraine.

The launch on Thursday flew higher than any previous North Korean missile, according to the North as well as militaries in South Korea and Japan that tracked its flight deep into space before it splashed down in the ocean between Japan and Russia.
State news agency KCNA lauded it as "the world's strongest strategic missile".

While questions remain over North Korea's ability to guide such a missile and protect a nuclear warhead as it reenters the atmosphere, the Hwasong-19, like North Korea's other latest ICBMs, demonstrated the range to strike nearly anywhere in the United States.

"The new-type ICBM proved before the world that the hegemonic position we have secured in the development and manufacture of nuclear delivery means of the same kind is absolutely irreversible," North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said while overseeing the launch, KCNA reported.

The launch, days before Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, drew swift condemnation from Washington and its allies in South Korea, Japan and Europe, as well as the United Nations secretary-general.
"The missile continues to underwrite the growing credibility of North Korea's strategic deterrent capabilities," said Ankit Panda, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, adding that Kim appeared specifically interested in communicating that message to the United States.

The South Korean and U.S. air forces conducted first-ever joint live-fire attack drills on Friday with unmanned aerial vehicles, flying the Global Hawk and the Reaper drones, dropping GPS-guided munitions in simulated strikes against enemy target, South Korea's air force said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-says-it-test-fired-latest-icbm-hwasong-19-thursday-yonhap-reports-2024-10-31/

[libertybele]

I think that the 'rocket man' is just crazed enough to take aim at us -- especially with Putin's encouragement.

North Korea’s long-range missile test signals its improved, potential capability to attack US

............North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, calling it “an appropriate military action” to show North Korea’s resolve to respond to its enemies’ moves that have threatened the North’s safety, according to the North’s state media.

Kim said the enemies’ “various adventuristic military maneuvers” highlighted the importance of North Korea’s nuclear capability. He reaffirmed that North Korea will never abandon its policy of bolstering its nuclear forces...............

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-missile-launch-377c07eac46ad41bda0d4445df6f51d5

[Kamaji]

I think that the 'rocket man' is just crazed enough to take aim at us -- especially with Putin's encouragement.

North Korea’s long-range missile test signals its improved, potential capability to attack US

............North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, calling it “an appropriate military action” to show North Korea’s resolve to respond to its enemies’ moves that have threatened the North’s safety, according to the North’s state media.

Kim said the enemies’ “various adventuristic military maneuvers” highlighted the importance of North Korea’s nuclear capability. He reaffirmed that North Korea will never abandon its policy of bolstering its nuclear forces...............

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-missile-launch-377c07eac46ad41bda0d4445df6f51d5

Then that will be the end of North Korea, and for the first time in decades the North will glow at night when seen from space.