North Korea conducts longest ICBM test amid storm over troop deployment to Russia

North Korea conducted its longest ever intercontinental ballistic missile test, launching a missile on a sharply lofted trajectory near its capital that flew 300 km west of Japan’s Hokkaido, prompting condemnation from South Korea, Japan, and the U.S. The test came amidst reports of North Korea sending troops to Russia to aid in the war in Ukraine. South Korea and Japan reported the missile had a flight time of 87 minutes, reaching an altitude of 7,000 km and flying 1,000 km, with initial analysis pointing to a newly developed solid-fuel booster and the missile being classified as an ICBM.

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