The announcement by North Korean state media follows a flurry of rocket and missile testing in recent months.
conducted a test flight of a rocket
that state media reported would"finish the preparations for the first military reconnaissance satellite by April 2023." That launch sent a test vehicle in a near-vertical trajectory to an altitude of up to 340 miles before it splashed into the Sea of Japan. North Korea also claimed to have conducted the first test of a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile on April 14, 2023,. If that capability is in fact confirmed, it would greatly increase the nation's ability to strike long-distance targets, including those inside the continental United States.
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