SEOUL — North Korea said on Thursday (July 13) it had successfully tested its new intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported, as Pyongyang vented its fury after threatening to down US spy planes it said had violated its airspace.
The report from state-run KCNA news agency said the Hwasong-18 — a new type of purportedly solid-fuel ballistic missile that has reportedly only been fired by the North once before, in April — flew 1,001km at a maximum altitude of 6,648km before splashing into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan.
Mr Kim also vowed that"a series of stronger military offensive" would be launched until the United States and South Korea change their policies towards the North, KCNA said. The launch"is a grave provocation that damages the peace and security of the Korean peninsula" and violates United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang, South Korea's military said, calling on North Korea to stop such actions."This launch is a brazen violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions and needlessly raises tensions and risks destabilising the security situation in the region," US National Security Council spokesperson Adam Hodge said in a statement.
"There is no guarantee that such shocking accident as downing of the US Air Force strategic reconnaissance plane will not happen in the East Sea of Korea," the spokesperson added.
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