Get To Know The Hwasong-17, North Korea's Largest Intercontinental Ballistic Missile!!!"The missile, launched at Pyongyang International Airport, traveled to a maximum altitude of 6,248.5 kilometers and flew for 1,090 km for 4,052 seconds before accurately hitting a predetermined area in the open waters of the Sea of Japan," KCNA said.<br />South Korea's military estimated Thursday's launch distance was 6,200 km (3,900 miles), far longer than the last ICBM, the Hwasong-15, North Korea tested in November 2017.<br />The missile landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, sparking anger from Tokyo.<br /> "The test is a clear sign that North Korea has made important qualitative progress in its illicit weapons program," said US-based analyst Ankit Panda.<br />"What's important about this ICBM is not how far it can go, but what it has the potential to carry, which is a lot of warheads, which is something North Korea has longed for," he said.<br />North Korea had conducted three ICBM tests before Thursday, the last of which was the Hwasong-15 in 2017.<br />KCNA said the launch proved the weapon worked and that its operation can now be guaranteed even "under a wartime environment".<br />#Korut #KoreaUtara #BlackRhino
