Thousands of North Korean soldiers have appeared at a rally today to celebrate after dictator Kim Jong-Un declared the Stalinist regime a nuclear power.
Troops cheered, laughed and smiled as a huge firework display lit up Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang following the successful test of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday.
State media reported that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un had declared the country had achieved the ‘historic cause’ of becoming a nuclear state on November 29.
Troops cheered, laughed and smiled as a huge firework display lit up Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang following the successful test of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un declared the country had achieved the ‘historic cause’ of becoming a nuclear state, its state media said on November 29. Pictured: Soldiers laugh at the rally today
North Korean troops and civilians attend a mass rally to celebrate the North’s declaration on November 29 it had achieved full nuclear statehood
Kim bragged that his country has achieved full nuclear statehood after successfully testing a missile capable of hitting almost anywhere in the world.
The country ended a 10-week pause in its weapons testing when it fired off the rocket – its most powerful ICBM yet, which the regime claimed could be fitted with a ‘super heavy nuclear warhead’.
After watching the launch, Kim Jong-un boasted about its success, according to state television presenter Ri Chun-Hee.
‘Kim Jong-un declared with pride that now we have finally realized the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force, the cause of building a rocket power,’ the presenter said.
Kim bragged that his country has achieved full nuclear statehood after successfully testing a missile capable of hitting almost anywhere in the world. Pictured: Fireworks in Pyongyang today
In a broadcast on state TV, North Korea said the Hwasong-15 missile reached an altitude of around 2,780 miles – more than 10 times the height of the international space station – and flew 600 miles during its 53 minute flight. Pictured: Pretty fireworks over Pyongyang
If the Hwasong-15 had been fired on a typical trajectory, analysts believe it would have a maximum range of around 8,000 miles (13,000km) – leaving only South America and a small part of Africa beyond it’s reach. Pictured: Troops clapping at the event today
State media said: ‘The great success in the test-fire of ICBM Hwasong-15 is a priceless victory won by the great and heroic people of the DPRK’
The country ended a 10-week pause in its weapons testing when it fired off the rocket – its most powerful ICBM yet, which the regime claimed could be fitted with a ‘super heavy nuclear warhead’. Pictured: Rows of North Korean troops
‘The great success in the test-fire of ICBM Hwasong-15 is a priceless victory won by the great and heroic people of the DPRK,’ she added, using the abbreviated name for North Korea.
The Pentagon said the test missile traveled about 620 miles and landed within 200 nautical miles of Japan’s coast.
In a broadcast on state TV, North Korea said the missile reached an altitude of around 2,780 miles – more than 10 times the height of the international space station – and flew 600 miles during its 53 minute flight.
North Korea deliberately fires its missile on a near-vertical trajectory to artificially limit the range.
If the Hwasong-15 had been fired on a typical trajectory, analysts believe it would have a maximum range of around 8,000 miles (13,000km) – leaving only South America and a small part of Africa beyond it’s reach.