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The new-type ICBM proved before the world that the hegemonic position we have secured in the development and manufacture of nuclear delivery,
leader Kim Jong Un said while overseeing the launch, KCNA reported It is believed the North Korea ballistic missile is a long-range ballistic missile fired at a high angle,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff had said in a statement Around 7:11 a.m. today (2217 GMT Wednesday) North Korea launched at least one ICBM-class ballistic missile from an area near Pyongyang toward the northeast,
Japanese Defense Minister General Nakatani told reporters, We've not yet seen these troops deploy into combat against Ukrainian forces, but we would expect that to happen in the coming days,
The test of the latest strategic weapon system updated the recent records of the strategic missile capability of the DPRK and demonstrated the modernity and creditability of its world's most powerful strategic deterrent,
the KCNA said, using the acronym of North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region."
Confirming intelligence from Ukraine, Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte said earlier on Monday I think that the reaction to this is nothing; it has been zero,
Russia actually provided new technology for reentering the atmosphere,
said Ahn Chan-il, a defector-turned-researcher who runs the World Institute for North Korea Studies We estimate that its flying altitude was the highest we have seen,
Japanese defence minister Gen Nakatani told reporters I affirm that the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] will never change its line of bolstering up its nuclear forces,
said Kim, using the official name of North Korea North Korea could have probably thought that its rivals could look down on it after it gave away so much in military resources to Russia,
Yang Uk, an expert at South Korea's Asan Institute Institute for Policy Studies told Defense News The launch may have been intended as a demonstration to show what it's capable of, regardless of troop dispatches or other movements,
North Korea will want to keep getting help like this, because it saves times and costs while improving performance and upgrading the stability of weapons system,
Analysts will be tempted to read this in the context of the upcoming US election, but I wouldn’t be so hasty,
This test contributes to Kim Jong Un’s goals of improving the credibility of his nuclear deterrent. He just visited an ICBM base and called for progress, so this test should be seen primarily through those lenses,
The test-fire is an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals, who have intentionally escalated the regional situation and posed a threat to the security of our Republic recently, of our counteraction will,
Kim was quoted as saying by KCNA, according to the Reuters news agency
