The launch carried out on Sunday was the largest missile test undertaken by North Korea since 2017.
the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency, North Korean authorities test fired the Hwasong-12 intermediate range ballistic missile on Sunday to verify its “overall accuracy.”of the launch—one showing the missile being fired from a launcher and another showing North Korea from space, purportedly captured by a camera installed on the missile’s warhead.
The North Korean media noted that the missile was launched at a steep angle towards the waters off its east coast, “in consideration of the security of neighboring countries.” South Korean and Japanese officials reported that the missile flew a distance of about 800 kilometers and rose to a maximum altitude of 2000 kilometers . before landing in the waters between Japan and the Korean peninsula.weapons test carried out by North Korea since the start of 2022.the missile test was being viewed as an provocation, to win sanctions relief from the U.S., and added that the Biden administration will respond with an unspecified move in the coming days.4,500 kilometers .
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