North Korea test-fires hypersonic missile

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 16, 2024 12:12 am

SEOUL: North Korea said on Monday it had successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic maneuverable warhead, the latest breakthrough in its pursuit of advanced weaponry to threaten South Korean and United States targets.

The launch, Pyongyang's first known weapons test this year and its first-ever test of a solid-fuel hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), was detected by Seoul's military on Sunday afternoon.

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