MOSCOW. July 4 (Interfax) - The North Korean Academy of National Defense Science has reported the successful test of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile.
"A Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched in the northwest of our country at 9 a.m. on July 4, 2017. The missile had a 39-minute flight along the designated trajectory and precisely hit the target at the high seas in the East Sea of Korea [the Sea of Japan]," the academy said in a report seen by Interfax on Tuesday.
"The test launch was conducted at the highest possible angle and had no negative implications for security of the neighbor countries," the report said.
According it, the missile climbed an altitude of 2,802 kilometers and flew a distance of 933 kilometers.
North Korean President Kim Jong Un watched the launch, the report said.
"As a great nuclear power possessing both nuclear weapons and a powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, which can strike any part of the earth, North Korea will nip in the bud the nuclear war threat and blackmail by the United States and will solidly protect peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the region," it said.