North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Oversees Test Of A High-Thrust Solid-Fuel Engine For A New ICBM

"High-thrust solid-fuel motor" test to develop a new strategic weapon © Thomson Reuters

Daily Mail: Planning to turn America to ash? Laughing Kim Jong Un puffs on a cigarette as he is dwarfed by a smoke cloud while supervising test of new missile that is harder to detect and can reach mainland US

* The North Korean leader has tested a new arsenal capable of striking the US

* Kim Jong Un was pictured laughing and puffing on a cigarette during the test

* The missiles include solid fuel which helps shorten launch preparation times

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un puffed on a cigarette and laughed as he supervised the test of a 'high-thrust solid-fuel motor' for a new strategic weapon on Thursday.

State media said the development could hand the despot a more mobile, harder-to-detect arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the mainland US.

Thursday's 'static firing test' of a missile engine at the country's northwest rocket launch facility was the first of its kind in North Korea, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Oversees Test Of A High-Thrust Solid-Fuel Engine For A New ICBM

North Korea tests high-thrust solid-fuel engine for apparent ICBM development -- Reuters

North Korea claims successful rocket test that could bolster its ICBM force -- CNN

North Korea Says It Successfully Tested High-Thrust Solid-Fuel Motor -- The Diplomat

North Korea says it tested ‘high-thrust solid-fuel motor’ -- Al Jazeera

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