North Korea Says It Has Successfully A Tested New ‘Hypersonic’ Missile System

Image: Rodong Sinmun, Sep. 29, 2021 | State media released just one image of the new Hwasong-8 missile as of Wednesday morning

NK News: North Korea tested new ‘hypersonic missile’: state media  

DPRK military hails successful test launch of new ‘Hwasong-8’ system 

North Korea tested a new “hypersonic missile” called the Hwasong-8, state media reported Wednesday morning, describing the launch conducted the previous day a success. 

Top military official and politburo presidium member Pak Jong Chon oversaw the test along with defense science industry officials, but DPRK leader Kim Jong Un was not mentioned in the Rodong Sinmun report. 

According to the state-run newspaper, the new hypersonic missile system is one of “five most important” new weapons systems laid out in the five-year military development plan, introduced at the Jan. 2021 party congress.  

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