The head of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, as well as members of the Politburo and "leading personnel of the field of defense science," observed the launch of the rocket, the official media of the republic, RedstarTV, writes.
- At dawn, under the personal supervision of the Secretary-General, our mighty Juche rocket, which concentrated the power of mighty Korea, breaking the silence of the night and cutting through the twilight, rose into the sky with a roar that shook the earth and illuminated the world with brilliance,
- informs the publication.
It is specified that the hypersonic warhead separated from the rocket and made a planning jump from the 600-kilometer line and "a sharp rotating movement of 240 km" from the launch azimuth towards the target azimuth, hit a target located 1000 km away. in the water area.
Kim Jong-un gave a special thanks to the employees involved. In his speech, he called "to further accelerate the struggle and the quantitative, qualitative and sustainable strengthening of the country's strategic military power and the modernization of our army."
- The branch of defense sciences should, in accordance with the political attitudes and the strategic course of the party for the development of national defense, achieve further remarkable successes in the historical work on the extraordinary multiplication of the domestic force of deterring the war
, - said the North Korean leader.
Recall that at the beginning of the month, the DPRK underwent tests of the Hwaseong-12 hypersonic launch vehicle with a liquid-propellant jet engine, launched from a mobile unit based on a modified MAZ-543.