North Korea claims to have fired solid-fuel hypersonic missile in latest weapons test
If confirmed it would be the first ever test of this kind of intermediate-range ballistic missile by Pyongyang
North Korea said Monday it had successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic manoeuvrable warhead, in what would be the latest breakthrough in its pursuit of advanced weaponry.
The launch, Pyongyang’s first known weapons test this year and its first ever test of a solid-fuel hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), was detected by Seoul’s military Sunday afternoon.