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Pakistan(National Times)SEOUL: North\u00a0Korea\u00a0said it tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, upgrading what it called the “world’s most powerful strategic weapon”, as Seoul warned Pyongyang could get missile technology from Russia for helping with the war in Ukraine. North\u00a0Korean leader Kim Jong Un was on hand and said the test was a warning to enemies that have been threatening the country’s security,\u00a0KCNA<\/em>\u00a0state news agency said.”The test-fire is an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals, who have intentionally escalated the regional situation and posed a threat to the security of our Republic recently, of our counteraction will,” Kim was quoted as saying by\u00a0KCNA<\/em>. The muscle-flexing comes amid a storm of international condemnation and\u00a0rising alarm\u00a0over what the US and others say is\u00a0North\u00a0Korea’s deployment of 11,000 troops to Russia \u2014 3,000 of them close to the western frontlines with Ukraine. The launch drew swift condemnation from South\u00a0Korea, Japan and the United States. A day earlier, Seoul\u00a0reported signs\u00a0the\u00a0North\u00a0may test-launch an ICBM or conduct a seventh nuclear test around the US presidential election on Tuesday, seeking to draw attention to its growing military prowess. Shin Seung-ki, head of research on\u00a0North\u00a0Korea’s military at the state-run\u00a0Korea\u00a0Institute for Defense Analyses, said the launch was likely to test improved booster performance of an existing ICBM – possibly with the help of Russia. “North\u00a0Korea\u00a0will want to keep getting help like this, because it saves times and costs while improving performance and upgrading the stability of weapons system,” he said. Having come under pressure over its engagement with Russia, “the intention may be to show that it will not bow to pressure, that it will respond to strength with strength, and also to seek some influence on the US presidential election,” Shin added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The launch early on Thursday was the longest ballistic missile test by the\u00a0North\u00a0with a flight-time of 87 minutes, according to South\u00a0Korea. KCNA<\/em>\u00a0said the test set new records of its missile capabilities. The missile took off on a sharply lofted trajectory from an area near the\u00a0North’s capital and splashed down about 200km (125 miles) west of Japan’s Okushiri island, off Hokkaido. It reached an altitude of 7,000 km and flew a distance of 1,000 km, the Japanese government said. The so-called lofted trajectory of a projectile flying at a sharply raised angle is intended to test its thrust and stability over much shorter distances relative to the designed range, partly for safety and to avoid the political fallout of sending a missile far into the Pacific. North\u00a0Korea’s last ICBM, dubbed the Hwasong-18, was tested in December last year. Fuelled by solid-propellant and fired from a road launcher, it was also launched at a sharply raised angle and flew for 73 minutes, translating to a potential range of 15,000km (9,300 miles) on a normal trajectory. That is a distance that puts anywhere in the mainland United States within range. Pyongyang’s latest test came just hours after US Secretary of Defense\u00a0Lloyd Austin\u00a0and his South\u00a0Korean counterpart Kim Yong-hyun met in Washington to condemn the\u00a0North\u00a0Korean troop deployment in Russia. Neither Moscow or Pyongyang have directly acknowledged the deployment, but Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia on Wednesday\u00a0questioned why\u00a0its allies like\u00a0North\u00a0Korea\u00a0could not help Moscow in its war against Ukraine given Western countries claim the right to help Kyiv. South\u00a0Korea\u00a0said the deployment was a direct threat to its security because the\u00a0North\u00a0would gain valuable combat experience in a modern warfare and it will likely be rewarded by Moscow with “technology transfers” in areas such as tactical nuclear weapons, ICBMs, ballistic missile submarines and military reconnaissance satellites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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