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Some experts speculated Russia might have provided technological assistance to North Korea over the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, calling it \u201can appropriate military action\u201d to show North Korea\u2019s resolve to respond to its enemies\u2019 moves that have threatened the North\u2019s safety, according to the North\u2019s state media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim said the enemies\u2019 \u201cvarious adventuristic military maneuvers\u201d highlighted the importance of North Korea\u2019s nuclear capability. He reaffirmed that North Korea will never abandon its policy of bolstering its nuclear forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has steadfastly argued that advancing its nuclear capabilities is its only option to cope with the expansion of U.S.-South Korean military training, though Washington and Seoul have repeatedly said they have no intention of attacking North Korea. Experts say North Korea uses its rivals\u2019 drills as a pretext to enlarge its nuclear arsenal to wrest concessions when diplomacy resumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Korean statement came hours after its neighbors said they had detected the North\u2019s first ICBM test since December 2023 and condemned it as a provocation that undermines international peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/10\/30\/north-korean-troops-likely-to-join-ukraine-war-pentagon-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/54105605053_ce877c203f_o.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korean troops likely to join Ukraine war, Pentagon says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Some North Korean soldiers heading toward Kursk have received Russian uniforms and equipment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea could have tested a new, solid-fueled long-range ballistic missile on a steep angle, an attempt to avoid neighboring countries. Missiles with built-in solid propellants are easier to move and hide and can be launched quicker than liquid-propellant weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters the missile\u2019s flight duration of 86 minutes and its maximum altitude of more than 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) exceeded corresponding data from previous North Korean missile tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having a missile fly higher and for a longer duration than before means its engine thrust has improved. Given that previous ICBM tests by North Korea have already proved they can theoretically reach the U.S mainland, the latest launch was likely related to an effort to examine whether a missile can carry a bigger warhead, experts say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jung Chang Wook, head of the Korea Defense Study Forum think tank in Seoul, said that it\u2019s fair to say the missile involved in Thursday\u2019s launch could carry North Korea\u2019s biggest and most destructive warhead. He said the launch was also likely designed to test other technological aspects that North Korea needs to master to further advance its ICBM program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has made strides in its missile technologies in recent years, but many foreign experts believe the country has yet to acquire a functioning nuclear-armed missile that can strike the U.S. mainland. They say North Korea likely possesses short-range missiles that can deliver nuclear strikes across all of South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been concerns that North Korea might seek Russian help to perfect its nuclear-capable missiles in return for its alleged dispatch of thousands of troops to support Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving toward Ukraine, in what he called a dangerous and destabilizing development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lee Choon Geun, an honorary research fellow at South Korea\u2019s Science and Technology Policy Institute, said the early results of Thursday\u2019s launch suggested Russia might have given a key propellant component that can boost a missile\u2019s engine thrust. He said that a higher thrust allows a missile to carry a bigger payload, fly with more stability and hit a target more accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jung said he speculates Russian experts might have given technological advices on missile launches since Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea for a meeting with Kim in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kwon Yong Soo, an honorary professor at South Korea\u2019s National Defense University, said that North Korea likely tested a multiple-warhead system for an existing ICBM. \u201cThere\u2019s no reason for North Korea to develop another new ICBM when it already has several systems with ranges of up to 10,000 to 15,000 kilometers (6,200 to 9,300 miles) that could reach any location on Earth,\u201d Kwon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Korean confirmation of an ICBM test was unusually quick since North Korea usually describes its weapons tests a day after they occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNorth Korea could have probably thought that its rivals could look down it after it gave away so much in military resources to Russia,\u201d Yang Uk, an expert at South Korea\u2019s Asan Institute Institute for Policy Studies. \u201cThe launch may have been intended as a demonstration to show what it\u2019s capable of, regardless of troop dispatches or other movements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett called the launch \u201ca flagrant violation\u201d of multiple U.N. 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It said North Korea had been close to testing an ICBM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past two years, Kim has used Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as a window to ramp up weapons tests and threats while also expanding military cooperation with Moscow. South Korea, the U.S. and others say North Korea has already shipped artillery, missiles and other conventional arms to replenish Russia\u2019s dwindling weapons stockpiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea\u2019s possible participation in the Ukraine war would mark a serious escalation. Besides Russian nuclear and missile technologies, experts say Kim Jong Un also likely hopes for Russian help to build a reliable space-based surveillance system and modernize his country\u2019s conventional weapons. 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