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North Korea tests 'monster missile' response to 'provocative and aggressive' US military drills

North Korea has defended its latest missile test and at the same time announced that it was the test of what experts have dubbed a "monster missile".

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North Korea tests 'monster missile' response to 'provocative and aggressive' US military drills

North Korea has defended its latest missile test and at the same time announced that it was the test of what experts have dubbed a "monster missile". The intercontinental ballistic missile flew around a thousand kilometers, the state news agency KCNA reported on Friday. She eventually landed in the targeted zone in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of ​​Japan. According to state media, North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un and his daughter attended the test.

The test conducted on Thursday was in response to the current "provocative and aggressive" joint US-South Korean military exercises, KCNA said. He was "a sharpened warning to the enemies who are deliberately stoking tensions on the Korean peninsula".

The renewed North Korean missile test was initially reported by the South Korean government on Thursday, but without specifying the model. Now KCNA said it was a Hwasong-17. The ICBM has a potential range that could hit the US mainland. Experts refer to it as a "monster rocket". According to Seoul, however, the rocket followed a vertically ascending trajectory - this way it avoided overflying neighboring countries.

The new test took place in the presence of ruler Kim and his daughter, as shown in photos in the official newspaper "Rodong Sinmun". As usual, the daughter's name was not mentioned; according to South Korean intelligence, however, it is Kim's second child, Ju Ae.

The United States and South Korea launched their largest joint military exercises in five years on Monday. They described the 10-day "Freedom Shield" maneuver as a response to the "changing security environment" in the region following North Korea's increased aggression in recent months. Shortly before the start of the exercises and on Tuesday, Pyongyang had already tested several missiles, but none of them Hwasong-17.

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