North Korea deployed a relatively new inter-continental ballistic missile system in February 26 and March 4 test-firings, US says, calling it a serious escalation requiring a united global response
Images published on January 31, 2022, by KCNA news agency show intermediate-range ballistic missile Hwasong-12 being launched from northwestern province of Jagang, North Korea.
The tests were of a missile reportedly larger than an ICBM North Korea launched in 2017 that was assessed to be capable of reaching the United States. The official outlined the US intelligence assessment of the recent launches on the condition of anonymity. North Korea has claimed the March 4 and February 26 launches were merely to test cameras to be installed on a future spy satellite.
The 2017 launch was part of a series of tests that prompted then-president Donald Trump to threaten North Korea's leaders with "fire and fury" and brought the two countries to the brink of more serious conflict.
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