North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on the morning of the 25th, "Yesterday, in the presence of General Secretary Kim Jong-un, we succeeded in launching a new ICBM = intercontinental ballistic missile" Hwasong-17 "." I did.
This is the first time North Korea has launched the "Hwasong-16".
On the afternoon of the 24th, North Korea launched an ICBM-class ballistic missile from the suburbs of the capital Pyeongyang toward the Sea of Japan, west of the Oshima Peninsula in Hokkaido, about 150 km inside Japan's EEZ = Exclusive Economic Zone. It is believed to have fallen and the announcement is likely to refer to this missile.
What is "Hwasong-16"?
The new ICBM = intercontinental ballistic missile-class "Mars 17" announced by North Korea on the 24th will be unveiled for the first time in October at a military parade held in Pyongyang to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. it was done.
At the parade, it was mounted on the longest 11-wheeled vehicle on each side of North Korean missiles and was introduced as a "giant nuclear strategic weapon."
Its size was launched from a mobile launcher with 9 wheels on each side in November 2017, and the maximum altitude exceeded 4000 km, and the ICBM class "Mars 15" that North Korea claimed to be "capable of attacking the entire mainland of the United States" It exceeded the "type".
It was confirmed that this missile was on display at the "Defense Development Exhibition" held in Pyongyang last October with the latest weapons, and the countries concerned were increasing their vigilance and surveillance.