North Korea conducts its final ground test of a solid-fuel engine for long-range missilesNorth Korea tested a solid-fuel rocket engine for a long-range missile. Kim Jong Un oversaw the test. The engine is more powerful than prev...
09 Sep, 2025, 09.09 AM IST
North Korea boasts of 'the world's strongest' missile, but experts say it's too big to use in warNorth Korea recently launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-19, calling it "the world's strongest." Experts question i...
01 Nov, 2024, 10.32 AM IST
What are solid-fuel missiles, and why is North Korea developing them?North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, potentially linked to its development of solid-fuel rocket engines. Solid-fuel ...
31 Oct, 2024, 12.17 PM IST
North Korea aims to switch to solid-fuel missiles for faster launchesNorth Korea successfully conducted a test-fire of a new hypersonic missile, advancing leader Kim Jong Un's plan to utilize solid fuel acros...
03 Apr, 2024, 10.37 AM IST
What are solid-fuel missiles, and why is North Korea developing them?North Korea launched a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile, possibly related to developing a new solid-fuel hypersonic weapon. S...
02 Apr, 2024, 11.47 AM IST
Explainer: Why is North Korea testing hypersonic missiles and how do they work?North Korea has tested a new solid-fuel hypersonic missile with intermediate range, featuring a conical manoeuvrable reentry vehicle (MaRV)...
15 Jan, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
What are solid-fuel missiles, and why is North Korea developing them?North Korea test-fired a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), potentially its third such test in 2023, enhancing its launc...
18 Dec, 2023, 01.35 PM IST
North Korea's solid-fuel ICBM: Five things to knowNorth Korea said Thursday it has successfully tested the Hwasong-18, its new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, for the second ...
13 Jul, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
North Korea says conducted new test of solid-fuel ICBMThe ICBM, which North Korea has fired only once before, in April, flew 1,001 kilometres at a maximum altitude of 6,648 km before splashing ...
13 Jul, 2023, 08.15 AM IST
What is solid-fuel technology, and why is North Korea eager to develop it?North Korea has reportedly tested a newly developed solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, its first use of solid fuel in a longer-...
14 Apr, 2023, 03.05 PM IST
North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel "Hwasong-18" ICBMThe North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported in state media that Kim, who oversaw Thursday's launch, said the new ICBM w...
14 Apr, 2023, 03.04 PM IST
North Korea fires ICBM that may have been new type of weaponNorth Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile into the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, marking its first long-r...
13 Apr, 2023, 02.59 PM IST
North Korea seen launching new ICBM military unit amid troop refurbishmentDuring a nighttime parade last week, North Korea showcased multiple ICBMs that are large enough to strike nearly anywhere in the world. The...
15 Feb, 2023, 01.44 PM IST
Kim Jong Un shows off daughter Kim Ju Ae, missiles at N Korean paradeThe parade was the fifth known public appearance by Kim's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, his second-born child who is believed to be around 10 years ...
10 Feb, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
North Korea's Kim Jong Un presides over big military paradeNorth Korean photos of Wednesday night's parade in the capital, Pyongyang, showed Kim, wearing a black coat and fedora, attended the event ...
09 Feb, 2023, 08.06 AM IST
North Korea performs key test to build more threatening ICBMThursday's "static firing test" of a missile engine at the country's northwest rocket launch facility was the first of its kind in North Ko...
16 Dec, 2022, 03.06 PM IST
North Korea performs key test to build more agile ICBMKCNA said the test, the first of its kind in North Korea, carried "strategic significance" as it provided "a sure sci-tech guarantee for th...
16 Dec, 2022, 09.15 AM IST