The Hwasong-17 ICBM reached an altitude of over 3,900 miles, according to North Korea.
US Air Force / Saomy SabourninOn the evening of March 24, North Korea launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile on a test flight. The missile flew for over an hour, in a high and narrow arc, before crashing down into the sea.
Both South Africa and Israel developed nuclear weapons without explicitly testing them, and South Africa dismantled its nuclear arsenal instead of handing it over to a post-apartheid government. Fitting a nuclear weapon onto a missile requires that the warhead be small enough and secure enough to stay intact during flight. On that front, North Korea also claims success in 2017 withIntercontinental ballistic missiles represent a major weapon system, but they are also largelyNo missile tested by North Korea has ever flown as far, nor has it been this large.
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