{"id":120530,"date":"2024-10-31T18:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T11:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120530"},"modified":"2024-10-31T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T11:17:06","slug":"north-korea-says-it-conducted-icbm-test-days-ahead-of-us-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120530","title":{"rendered":"North Korea says it conducted ICBM test, days ahead of US election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Tokyo and Seoul<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wm3hrl000v26qf1r0o3d0w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/asia\/north-korea\">North Korea<\/a> said it conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile test on Thursday morning, a launch believed to have achieved the longest flight time yet for a North Korean missile.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wqnxmj001u3b6mp11yn44n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The test comes just days ahead of the United States presidential election on Tuesday, and follows warnings from South Korea\u2019s intelligence agency that Pyongyang was planning to launch an ICBM testing its reentry technology around the time of the election.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wnwxj2000y3b6m10y144a6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The test also comes as North Korea appears to have intensified its nuclear production efforts and strengthened ties with Russia, deepening widespread concern in the West over the isolated nation\u2019s direction.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wm8i3200023b6myvgzyldw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The missile was fired at \u201ca lofted angle,\u201d meaning it flew almost vertically upwards rather than out, and traveled a distance of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), according to South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wm6mxx00003b6mxqb0dbcr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Japanese authorities reported the missile flew for about 86 minutes and to a possible altitude of 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles), before falling into the sea west of Okushiri Island in northern Hokkaido around 8:37 a.m., outside Japan\u2019s exclusive economic zone, public broadcaster NHK said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wngrxl000i3b6m8qcwanrg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe flight time was the longest ever. Possibly the newest missile ever,\u201d Japanese Defense Minister Gen\u00a0Nakatani said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wqaorn001f3b6m63sxjjv4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Seoul\u2019s JCS spokesperson Lee Sung-joon said it could have been a \u201cnew-type solid-propelled long-range ballistic missile\u201d fired from a 12-axis mobile launcher (TEL) which Pyongyang revealed last month.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wqef7m001m3b6m2dhl5hb7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Solid-fueled missiles, such as North Korea\u2019s Hwasong-18, would allow Pyongyang to launch long-range nuclear strikes quicker than with missiles that use liquid-fuel technology.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wq0a1t001c3b6mw00itf19@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Solid-fueled ICBMs are more stable, and can be moved more easily to avoid detection before a launch that can be initiated in a matter of minutes, experts say \u2013 compared with liquid-fueled missiles that may need hours before launch, giving time for adversaries to detect and neutralize the weapon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wqp9r8001y3b6mboec5ff2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            North Korea said the launch \u201cdemonstrated the modernity and creditability of the world\u2019s most powerful strategic deterrent,\u201d according to the country\u2019s state media.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wurqbk00013b6mg1hfx4wx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            State media also reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was at the launch site and referred to the test as \u201cappropriate military action.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wnkbwu000l3b6mlw1kyi1u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            If the missile is confirmed to be an ICBM, it would be North Korea\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/18\/asia\/north-korea-launches-ballistic-missile-intl-hnk-ml\/index.html\">first such launch<\/a> since its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/13\/asia\/north-korea-icbm-missile-intl-hkr\/index.html\">Hwasong-18<\/a>\u00a0missile test in December 2023. It also launched the weapon in April and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/12\/asia\/north-korea-icbm-explainer-intl-hnk\/index.html\">July<\/a> last year.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wnltlg000q3b6mwcgf28x0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During the December test, Japanese authorities reported the missile flew at a highly lofted trajectory for about 73 minutes and to an altitude of 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles).\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wnrq5z000t3b6mq9cu5qdx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The missile from Thursday\u2019s test flew higher than North Korea\u2019s previous ICBM test, according to initial analysis by the South Korean military.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wqvp8p00213b6mm9599vcz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While the missile exhibited the range to strike anywhere in the United States, it would need to be fired at a flatter trajectory to hit the country.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wo7k2k00163b6metcdbgdm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The White House condemned the test Thursday as \u201ca flagrant violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.\u201d National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said the launch \u201cneedlessly raises tensions\u201d in the region and that the US would \u201ctake all necessary measures to ensure the security of the American homeland and Republic of Korea and Japanese allies.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wsesdh00343b6m71brkjpy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In response to the missile test, South Korea and the US held a joint large-scale air drill simulating \u201cprecise striking of enemy\u2019s TEL,\u201d Seoul\u2019s Defense Ministry said.\n    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cm2wrqj81002d3b6m5be8mi2h@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"nuclear-weapons-tech-and-ties-with-russia\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n        Nuclear weapons tech and ties with Russia<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wsd1eh00303b6mcjttt7e7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Speaking at the launch site, Kim affirmed that his country \u201cwill never change its line of bolstering up its nuclear forces,\u201d KCNA reported Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wsozo400003b6mek40vfg5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In addition to an ICBM test, South Korea\u2019s military intelligence agency also warned North Korea could soon conduct its seventh nuclear test.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wrs8kg002f3b6mvqmv3dsm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Wednesday, the agency said Pyongyang had finished preparations for such a test at its Punggye-ri test site, and that the test could happen around the time of the US election, according to two lawmakers briefed during a regular parliamentary meeting.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wo51vz00133b6mi3s28azk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Since conducting its first nuclear test more than a decade ago, North Korea has advanced its weapons capabilities, with the ambition of miniaturizing a warhead so that it can fit on a long-range missile.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wr504m00253b6m6y843y5m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The launch comes after US and South Korean officials said thousands of North Korean troops are training in Russia, with the expectation that they are being readied for a potential move to the front lines of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine\">Moscow\u2019s war against Ukraine<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2ws6jq3002r3b6m9dqed4c6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            About 10,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/23\/asia\/north-korea-troops-russia-ukraine-explainer-intl-hnk\/index.html\">North Korean soldiers<\/a>\u00a0are receiving military training in eastern Russia, the Pentagon estimated on Monday. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u00a0said Wednesday that some troops have moved closer to Ukraine and have been given Russian military uniforms and are using Russian equipment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2ws79mn002u3b6mqv4kon8o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun said North Korea is \u201cvery likely to ask\u201d Moscow for advanced technology related to nuclear weapons in exchange for deploying troops to help Russia.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2wsb79j002x3b6mddi7xrtj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Pyongyang will likely request Russian technology transfers relating to tactical nuclear weapons, the advancement of North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles, reconnaissance satellites and nuclear submarines, the minister said.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/30\/asia\/north-korea-icbm-test-intl-hnk\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo and Seoul CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 North Korea said it conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile test on Thursday morning, a launch believed to have achieved the longest flight time yet for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120530\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}