North Korea confirms test hypersonic missile: “Top speed 12,250 kilometers per hour”

North Korea’s communist dictatorship says it has successfully tested a hypersonic missile. Leader Kim Jong-un is said to have attended the launch of the super-fast rocket, North Korean state media report. The projectile would have flown 1000 kilometers and hit its target. According to South Korean military spokesmen, the colossus flew with a “top speed of 12,250 kilometers per hour”.

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