The ICBM may have been a road-mobile Hwasong-18 solid-fueled missile.
launched from the region around North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, at 10 a.m. local time on July 12, reaching a maximum altitude of 3,730 miles before landing in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno was quoted as saying the vehicle flew for 74 minutes, making the longest recorded flight for a North Korean ballistic missile. that flew for 71 minutes. North Korea’s previous ICBM tests have reportedly been liquid-fueled missiles.
The development of a solid-fueled ICBM would mean North Korea can launch long-range attacks on shorter notice, as solid-fueledneed less launch preparation time than their liquid-propellant counterparts. Solid rockets can also be more easily moved and are thus harder to track. The test follows North Korea threatening"shocking" consequences as a response to what it described as reconnaissance activity near its territory conducted by the United States, the AP noted.
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