N. Korea's test-firing of new hypersonic missile

N. Korea's test-firing of new hypersonic missile

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C), accompanied by his daughter, Ju-ae (L), oversees the launch of a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (on screen) tipped with a hypersonic warhead via a monitoring system on Jan. 6, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency the following day. North Korea said the missile flew some 1,500 kilometers at a velocity of 12 times the speed of sound. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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