North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after the country’s neighbors detected a launch of a long-range missile from near Pyongyang.
, who described the missile — named Hwasong-18 — as the most powerful weapon of his nuclear forces that would enhance counterattack abilities in the face of external threats created by the military activities of the United States and its regional allies.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry in a statement described the Hwasong-18′s flight as a "mid-phase test" and said North Korea would need more time and effort to complete the system. It has maintained that the North hasn’t yet acquired the technology to ensure the survival of ICBM warheads. "Because these missiles are fueled at the time of manufacture and are thus ready to use as needed, they will be much more rapidly useable in a crisis or conflict, depriving South Korea and the United States of valuable time that could be useful to preemptively hunt and destroy such missiles."
The agency said the first and second stages fell into waters off the country’s eastern coast. Kim Dong-yub, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, noted that North Korea didn’t release details about how high the missile went, which suggests the weapon wasn’t tested at its full capacity and range, and said the North likely will test the system several more times.
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