North Korea tests missile capability to carry nuclear warhead

Defiant North Korea led by headstrong leader Kim Jong Un has revealed that its latest test was aimed at verifying a missile’s capability to carry a ‘large scale heavy nuclear warhead’.

According to the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), Sunday’s launch was of a “new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic rocket” named the Hwasong-12.

Reports say President Kim witnessed the launch and “hugged officials in the field of rocket research, saying that they worked hard to achieve a great thing”.

Kim had accused the United States of “browbeating” countries that “have no nukes” and warned Washington not to misjudge the reality that its mainland is in the North’s “sighting range for strike”, KCNA reported.

About 24-hours ago, North Korea fired an unidentified projectile near the west coast that flew 700km, and according to the South Korean military, the launch of the unidentified projectile from near the west coast took place early on Sunday.

The missile launch is coming days after a new leader took office in Seoul pledging to engage in dialogue with Pyongyang over its continued missile activities.

The launch of the unidentified projectile is also coming a day after Pyongyang told Washington that it will only dialogue and come to a possible compromise over its continued missile activities if the conditions were right.

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