PYONGYANG • Fireworks lit up the sky over Pyongyang’s Juche Tower as North Korea celebrated its launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) , a milestone in its decades-long weapons drive..
PYONGYANG • Fireworks lit up the sky over Pyongyang’s Juche Tower as North Korea celebrated its launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) , a milestone in its decades-long weapons drive.
The stone monument to the ideology of founder Kim Il Sung stands in the centre of the capital, topped by a red glass flame, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
Under current leader Kim Jong Un, Mr Kim’s grandson, the isolated, impoverished country has made rapid progress towards its dream of building a missile that can deliver a nuclear warhead to the United States.
On Tuesday – the US’ Independence Day – North Korea launched a Hwasong-14 rocket that analysts and overseas officials said had a range of up to 8,000km, which would put Alaska and Hawaii within reach.
Mr Kim Jong Un, who personally oversaw the launch, described it as gift to « American bas***** ».
Thousands of officials, soldiers and citizens gathered in the capital on Thursday night to rejoice.
« We enthusiastically celebrate the successful test launch of the intercontinental ballistic rocket, the greatest landmark in the history of our republic, » read a banner across Kim Il Sung Square, AFP reported.
