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Cruise missile
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Ballistic missile
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Flying bomb
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Rocket artillery
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Detailed explanation-1: -A New Year Begins With Provocations North Korea began the year with a series of short-range ballistic missile tests, including “hypersonic” missiles and some launched from train cars. On Jan. 27, it launched its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile. The missile was first tested in 2017.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hypersonic missiles fly at several times the speed of sound and at low altitude, to escape radar detection. It ended 2022 by firing three short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea, a few days after flying five drones into South Korea’s airspace.
Detailed explanation-3: -They follow North Korea’s claim on Friday that it had successfully tested a solid-fueled rocket motor, a development that could lead to Kim’s regime being able to more quickly and reliably fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the future.
Detailed explanation-4: -North Korea’s 11th missile launch of 2022 was its March 24 launch of an ICBM, marking its first successful ICBM launch since 2017.