North Korea confirmed it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday and issued new warnings to the U.S., after parading a record number of rockets through the streets of Pyongyang designed to deliver a nuclear warhead to the American mainland.
The high-angle launch of the Hwasong-15 was conducted by North Korea on Saturday, with the missile reaching a maximum altitude of 5,768.5 kilometers (3,584 miles) and flying for 989 kilometers (615 miles), the official Korean Central News Agency said Sunday. It said that the surprise drill is “a guarantee for and a clear proof of the sure reliability of our powerful physical nuclear deterrent.”
“The U.S. would be well-advised to stop saying that it is not hostile toward the DPRK and the door to dialogue is open, hoodwinking the world,” Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said in comments carried by KCNA on Sunday. “It should stop all the actions posing threats to the security of our state.”
