North Korea Says It Fired New Missile Capable Of Carrying 4.5 Ton "Super Large" Warhead, US Tests Hypersonic Missile

North Korea had warned of countermeasures against a joint military exercise between the United States, Japan, and South Korea dubbed “Freedom Shield” which ended on Saturday and lasted for three days.

PYONGYANG - North Korea has released a statement via its state-run media saying that it has test-fired a new-type tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a 4.5-ton "super-large" warhead after the country fired 2 ballistic missiles toward the east on June 30th, one of which the South Korean military says likely failed.

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The statement said, "The test-fire was conducted with a missile tipped with a simulated heavy warhead to verify flight stability and hit accuracy at the maximum range of 500 km and the minimum range of 90 km."

It added, "The Missile Administration said that it will test-fire new-type tactical ballistic missile Hwasongpho-11Da-4.5 to verify flight characteristics, hit accuracy, and explosion power of super-large warhead at the medium range of 250km in July."

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