North Korea said that Thursday's launch was its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a drill to demonstrate a 'tough response posture' to ongoing US-South Korea military drills, state media reported.
File photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he walks next to what state media reports is the"Hwasong-17" intercontinental ballistic missile on its launch vehicle in this undated photo released on March 25, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency .
Photos of the launch released on Friday by the country's government media showed Kim Jong Un watching the launch with his daughter, and included photos from space apparently shot by a camera mounted on the missile.
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