North Korea successfully tested hypersonic missile, says report
www.bbc.com
State media KNCA said the missile from yesterday's launch had "precisely hit" its target.

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KCNA said it "precisely hit" a set target 700km (434 miles) away.

This is the second reported test of a hypersonic missile, which can avoid detection for longer than ballistic missiles.

The test comes as its leader Kim Jong-un had earlier vowed to bolster Pyongyang's defences.

Mr Kim said in a New Year's speech that Pyongyang would continue to strengthen its defence capabilities due to an increasingly unstable military environment on the Korean peninsula.

North Korea tested a variety of missiles last year amid stalled talks with the South and US.

Pyongyang joins a small number of countries, including the United States and China, in attempting to develop hypersonic missiles.

The latest launch was first detected by the Japanese coast guard early on Wednesday, before being confirmed by defence authorities in Seoul.

  • wombat [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    uncritical support for the DPRK in its heroic struggle to liberate occupied Korea from the genocidal American empire

  • Ziege_Bock [any]
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    2 years ago

    Damn, North Korea has hypersonic missiles now? Kind of weird how North Korea, China, and Russia have been testing hypersonic missiles now.

  • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    :sicko-yes: :dprk-walk: :dprk-walk: :dprk-walk: :dprk-walk: :dprk-walk: :dprk-walk: :dprk-walk: :dprk-walk:

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Lmfao so the DPRK has more advanced missiles than the USA?

      • JosipBRUHTito [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        If u want to trip, google "North Korea on brink of collapse" and read the yearly American media articles about this, which have been coming out regularly since 1990

        • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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          2 years ago

          They’ve done the same shit with China which is even more hilarious given China is now even richer than America

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I bet the democrats will rush to get a bipartisan "win" working with the republicans to give the military-industrial complex a gigantic amount of money in "emergency" funding to close the missile gap. Hundred billion dollars? More?

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Just came from a post about how Joe Bitchass is fucking me on my fucking taxes, so I'm just happy for any of America's enemies to be arming up. Like, more than usual. :amerikkka:

      • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        :yea: my brain is melting from being in the US and I'm cheering on shit that might genuinely get me killed in the long run, I dunno. The whole shit sucks.

        • CopsDyingIsGood [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I’m cheering on shit that might genuinely get me killed in the long run

          I'm also guilty of this. I hate this place and the people that run it more than I value my own life I guess

  • learntocod [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Plasma stealth. Hypersonic missiles can smash into the air in front of them so hard that it turns into a plasma that absorbs radar energy.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    How much smaller is their military budget and what slice of their total GDP is it? :thinking-about-it:

  • notthenameiwant [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Uhh, what's Iran's holdup? Why was NK allowed to obtain these and nukes, while Iran is a sitting duck?

    • Ecoleo [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      If I had to guess, I would say the DPRK has a closer relation to China than Iran has with any othet great power, which offers them some protection.

      Also Israel isn't trying to fuck the DPRK over at every turn, and Israel tends to be a bit more ballsy with their ops than the US or any other country for that matter.