Coverage dated March 19, 2024

North Korea claims progress in development of hypersonic missile designed to strike Guam

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming a progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region.

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  1. KTLA Los Angeles

    North Korea claims progress in development of hypersonic missile designed to strike Guam (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming a progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region.

  2. UPI

    North Korea tests engine for new hypersonic missile (opens UPI)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of a solid-fuel engine for a new intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, one day after observing the launch of short-range ballistic missiles.

  3. NBC News

    North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant U.S. targets (opens NBC News)

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    North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday.

  4. Fox News

    North Korea tests new hypersonic missile with one US target in mind (opens Fox News)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led his military on a ground jet test of the multi-stage solid-fuel engine for a new hypersonic missile that has the capability of striking a U.S. target.

  5. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant US targets (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    Outside experts say Kim wants a modernized weapons arsenal to wrest U.S. concessions like sanctions relief when diplomacy resumes.

  6. France 24

    N. Korea's Kim oversees intermediate-range hypersonic missile engine test (opens France 24)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a successful test of a solid-fuel engine for a "new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile", Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.

  7. Newsweek

    Kim Jong Un tests new engine to carry North Korean hypersonic missile—media (opens Newsweek)

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    U.S. intelligence has warned that Kim

  8. Al Jazeera

    North Korea claims progress in development of hypersonic missile (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The country is stepping up its development of more technologically-advanced weaponry capable of striking further afield.

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