The Hwasong-17 flew for 67.5 minutes to a range of 1,090 kilometers and a maximum altitude of 6,248.5 kilometers and precisely hit a target in the sea, state news agency KCNA reported.
Pyongyang tested the liquid-fueled Hwasong-17 ICBM in March. The Hwasong-17 was unveiled in 2022, when North Korea held its first long-range missile test in more than four years. Liquid-fuel ...
such as its largest Hwasong-17 and Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). North Korea may heavily favour solid-fuel systems where possible, but actually phasing out liquid-fuel ...
The announcement comes after Kim inspected a Nov. 18 test of the Hwasong-17, North Korea's largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and pledged to counter what he called U.S. nuclear threats.
North Korea has declared November 18 "Missile Industry Day" to mark the successful test launch of the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile last year. JCS spokesperson Lee Sung-jun said ...
North Korean state television on Friday showed images of the launch of the Hwasong-17, the army's new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that was fired on Thursday and is believed to have a ...
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party newspaper said it was new type ICBM Hwasong-17, launched at a steeper angle than usual, flying in a lofted trajectory with a maximum altitude of more than 6,200 ...
After the recent confirmed launch of a Hwasong-17 missile, it’s time to revisit claims that North Korea “faked” a previous launch. The steady pace of North Korea’s improving nuclear ...
The details were similar to North Korea’s Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile test flight in November, which experts said demonstrated potential to reach the U.S. mainland if fired on ...
A day after its ICBM launch, North Korea confirmed that it tested its Hwasong-17 ICBM in response to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. combined military exercises. North Korea followed up on threatened ...
Analysts said it was unclear if the North would exclusively use solid-fuel missiles in future, and what the switch would mean for its arsenal of liquid-fuel weapons, such as its largest Hwasong-17 and ...