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North Korea test-launched new ‘Hwasong-17’ ICBM for first time, state media says

It claims the ICBM is the largest ever launched.

Reports are in that North Korea have just test-launched their new” Hwasong-17” intercontinental ballistic missile. The longest-range missile platform developed to date by the country, it has been developed, by all accounts, to help “contain” U.S. military threats.

The test launch was guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the 24th of March 2022.