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Thursday, March 24, 2022
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Thursday, March 24, 2022
North Koreas Kim ordered launch of ‘new’ kind of ICBM — Pyongyang
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A man walks past a street TV showing a news program on North Korea's missile launch, on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP/Eugene Hoshiko)
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un personally ordered the test-firing of the country’s “new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reports.
“The test-launch of a new type inter-continental ballistic missile Hwasongpho-17 of the DPRK strategic forces was conducted on March 24… under the direct guidance of Kim Jong Un,” KCNA says.
“The missile, launched at Pyongyang International Airport, traveled up to a maximum altitude of 6,248.5 km and flew a distance of 1,090 km for 4,052s before accurately hitting the pre-set area in open waters of the East Sea of Korea,” which is what Pyongyang calls the Sea of Japan, KCNA says.
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