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North Korea claims to have tested newly developed ‘hypersonic' missile

by Gabriel Dominguez & Gabriel Dominguez

North Korea has claimed that the weapon it test-launched into the East Sea (also known as Sea of Japan) on 28 September was a newly developed ‘hypersonic' missile called Hwasong-8 (also spelled Hwaseong-8).

Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported a day after the test that the country's Academy of Defence Science had launched the new missile type from the village of Toyang-ri located in the Ryongrim County of North Korea's Jagang (also spelled Chagang) Province, which borders China.

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North Korea has claimed that the weapon it test-launched into the East Sea (also known as Sea of Jap...

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