North Korea shows off apparent new solid fuel missile

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North Korea shows off apparent new solid fuel missile

Possible 'Pukguksong-6' shown alongside Hwasong-17 during military parade on Monday: Analysts

Chaewon Chung | Jeongmin Kim April 26, 2022

North Korea shows off apparent new solid fuel missile

An apparent new type of solid fuel missile rolls through Kim Il Sung Square on Monday, April 25, during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea | Image: KCTV (April 26, 2022)

North Korea rolled out what appeared to be a new type of solid fuel missile alongside the country's largest-known intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a military parade on Monday, photos published by DPRK state media on Tuesday showed.

The new missile seemed to be a variation of North Korea's Pukguksong solid-fueled missile series, analysts told NK News.

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Chaewon Chung covers U.S., Chinese, and Japanese politics and national security in relation to North Korea. She previously worked at Coda Story covering disinformation and technology with a focus on the East Asia.

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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