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North Korea tested new "hypersonic" missile system on Sunday

North Korea tested new "hypersonic" missile system on Sunday

North Korea's state media reported on Tuesday that the country's most recent missile firings incorporated a novel weapons system deemed to be of "great significance." Leader Kim Jong Un attended the tests on Sunday, which imagery indicates were of a Hwasong-11Ma missile, previously characterised as hypersonic. South Korea's military detected two short-range missiles fired from Wonsan, flying about 450 and 600 kilometres towards the sea.

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