North Korea has reportedly produced a new type of solid-fuel engine for medium-range ballistic missiles Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
“The missile industry has once again developed high-power solid rocket engines for a new medium-range ballistic missile of significant strategic importance,” the statement said.
According to KCNA, the first stage engine nozzle was tested on November 11, and the second stage engine was tested on November 14. In these two cases a “very satisfactory result” was achieved.
Before that Pyongyang tests done solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile “Hwasong-18”. The launch of the missile was personally supervised by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who was at the central command and observation point.
The rocket rose to a maximum altitude of 6648.4 km, flew a distance of 1001.2 km in 4491 seconds and landed precisely at the desired point in the waters of the Sea of Japan.
Pyongyang noted that all new records confirmed during the launch of Hwasong-18 are proof of the power, reliability and military effectiveness of the new type of missile systems.
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