North Korea said its latest ballistic test was of a new long-range missile powered by solid propellants, which it described as the "most powerful piece" of its growing nuclear arsenal intended to target the United States and its allies in Asia.North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after its neighbors detected the launch from an area near its capital of Pyongyang, which added to a spate of testing that so far involved more than 100 missiles fired into sea since the start of 2022.KCNA said the test was supervised on site by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who said the missile, named Hwasong-18, would enhance the counterattack abilities of his nuclear forces in the face of what he described as growing external threats created by the military activities of the United States and its regional allies.
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