North Korea 'conducts high-thrust engine test'
Source: bbc
North Korea's state media says its military has tested a new high-performance rocket engine. Leader Kim Jong Un declared the test "a new birth" for the North's rocket industry, state news agency KCNA said.
He said the engine would help North Korea achieve world-class satellite launch capability, it added.
The development, not confirmed elsewhere, comes as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits China - Pyongyang's main ally.
After personally overseeing the test, Mr Kim "emphasized that the world will soon witness the great significance of the epoch-making victory we achieved today", KCNA reported, adding that it marked the birth of the country's rocket industry.
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yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Welcome to the real world, where dictatorship has nothing to do with so-called "savvy business decisions."
Ask Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, and Bashar al-Assad.
Lose/lose is not a political option for these people.
Peace and diplomacy is our option.
longship
(40,416 posts)Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)He's literally the only obese person in NK, his farts must be horrendous!
gordianot
(15,247 posts)Someone could get bit, someone could be euthanized.
elmac
(4,642 posts)I think the NK dictator has a lot in common with the orange dictator, they both like to embellish.
elleng
(131,223 posts)and very dangerous.
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)What the people who live in Seoul, South Korea must be thinking now that TRUMP is in charge...I could certainly see TRUMP starting a war especially if the Russia investigation turns "REAL".
elleng
(131,223 posts)Likely the 2 worst despots in the world playing their games at the same damn time!
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)So hard to comprehend. Their citizens are starving while they crow about a new and more powerful rocket motor! Hey fellow Americans - here's where we're headed!