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News North Korea announces successful ICBM testNew rocket named "Hwasong-14" flew 933 km at a maximum altitude of 2802 km for 39 minutes: KCTV North Korea successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday morning, anchor Ri Chun Hee announced on North Korean state-run broadcaster Korean Central Television (KCTV) on Tuesday afternoon. The rocket, which North Korea has named "Hwasong-14", flew 933 km at a maximum altitude of 2802 km for 39 minutes, the announcer said, and was launched at a lofted trajectory at 09:00 local time from the DPRK's northwest. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |