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Coverage dated December 15, 2022

North Korea Performs Key ICBM Missile Test in Order to Reach Mainland US

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North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test of a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” for a new strategic weapon

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  1. NBC10 Philadelphia

    North Korea Performs Key ICBM Missile Test in Order to Reach Mainland US (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test of a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” for a new strategic weapon

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    North Korea performs key test to build more threatening ICBM (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a "high-thrust solid-fuel motor" for a new strategic weapon, state media reported Friday, a development that could allow him to possess a more mobile, harder-to-detect arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the mainland U.

  3. France 24

    North Korea tests solid-fuel motor, aiming to build new weapon: state media (opens France 24)

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    North Korea has successfully tested a "high-thrust solid-fuel motor" with the aim of developing a new weapon, state media said Friday.

  4. Local News 8

    North Korea claims successful rocket test that could bolster its ICBM force (opens Local News 8)

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    By Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea on Friday said it has successfully tested a solid-fueled rocket motor, a development that could lead to Kim Jong Un’s regime being able to more quickly and reliably fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the future.

  5. Shore News Network

    North Korea tests high-thrust solid-fuel engine for apparent ICBM development (opens Shore News Network)

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    Shore News Network's feed description

    By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has tested a high-thrust solid-fuel engine that experts said would allow quicker and more mobile launch of

  6. Washington Times

    North Korea claims success in test of new ICBM engine, considers step critical in development (opens Washington Times)

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    North Korea successfully tested a powerful missile engine this week that could be employed as part of a future intercontinental ballistic missile, officials in Pyongyang said Friday.

  7. New York Times

    N​orth Korea Says It Has Tested a New ICBM Engine (opens New York Times)

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    ​The statement, issued Friday, followed an order from the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to develop a new ICBM that is harder to intercept.

  8. Al Jazeera

    North Korea says it tested ‘high-thrust solid-fuel motor’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Pyongyang wants to build more solid-fuel missiles, which are more stable and can be launched with almost no warning.

  9. The Diplomat

    North Korea Says It Successfully Tested High-Thrust Solid-Fuel Motor (opens The Diplomat)

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    On Friday, North Korea showed why it has been silent over the last few weeks – and what comes next in 2023.

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