North Korean dictator Kim Jong's love for missiles is well known. Such news keeps coming every now and then when North Korea conducts missile tests and declares it successful. North Korea has always had a nuclear dispute with neighboring countries and America. Despite the deadlock, North Korea's weapons display continues. North Korea is continuously taking steps towards strengthening its weapons fleet. Now North Korea has tested a new medium-range hypersonic missile powered by solid fuel. The country's government media gave this information on Wednesday.
South Korea's opposition
Tension in the region may increase further after North Korea's hypersonic missile test. South Korea has always been opposing such steps of North Korea. South Korea has accused North Korea of carrying out such missile tests to provoke it, saying that such tests pose a serious threat to peace on the Korean Peninsula.
What did Kim Jong Un say?
North Korea's government media has given this information at a time when South Korean and Japanese armies had reported that North Korea had fired missiles towards the East Sea a day earlier. Following a reportedly successful test of a hypersonic missile, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced that his country has achieved the capability to create a solid-fuel, nuclear-capable system for an all-range missile.
Kim has taken oath
Kim is trying to create weapons that can intimidate America and its rivals in Asia. North Korean state media said Kim observed the test and described the Hwasong-16B missile as an important part of its nuclear war deterrent. It promised to develop more such weapons to counter its “enemies”, referring to the US, South Korea and Japan.