Pyongyang, North Korea (Reuters) — North Korean developers who contributed to the test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) received a celebratory welcome on their arrival in Pyongyang on Friday (July 7).
The North’s state-run television KRT broadcast a video on Saturday (July 8) showing residents waving flowers to welcome the missile developers of ICBM that an expert said could allow a weapon to hit the U.S. state of Alaska.
The United States plans to carry out a new test of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defence system against an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the coming days, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday.
Despite being planned months ago, the U.S. missile defense test will gain significance in the wake of North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 4 that has heightened concerns about the threat from Pyongyang.