SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea mentioned it has examined a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” to develop a brand new strategic weapon beneath chief Kim Jong Un’s steerage, state media reported on Friday.
The check carried out on Thursday at its Sohae Satellite Launching Ground proved the motor’s reliability and stability, offering a “guarantee for the development of another new-type strategic weapon system,” the official KCNA company mentioned.
Kim expressed “expectation that another new-type strategic weapon would be made in the shortest span of time,” in accordance with KCNA.
The check comes as International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is in Seoul for talks with South Korean officers throughout which he vowed an all-out effort to cease North Korea’s nuclear program.
North Korea has carried out an unprecedented variety of missile exams this 12 months, together with an intercontinental ballistic missile able to reaching the US mainland. — Reuters
