Seoul, November 27 – RIA Novosti. On the occasion of the military promotion of leaders and scientists, leader Kim Jong-un said that North Korea aims to build the world’s most powerful strategic nuclear force and use “unprecedented” absolute power to protect the dignity and sovereignty of the North Korean people and state. from the field of defense research.

“Our tireless work on building nuclear armed forces, aimed at the eternally reliable defense of the dignity and sovereignty of the state and people, is the largest and most important revolutionary work, and its ultimate goal is to have the strongest strategic power in the world. DPRK Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) “The world is unprecedented absolute power,” said the North Korean leader, quoted by the North Korean leader.

He thanked leaders and ordinary scientists in the field of defense research, who successfully developed and upgraded the new Hwaseong-17 ICBM, “the world’s most powerful strategic weapon,” and made an “amazing leap” in the country’s nuclear development. weaponry.

“They have fully demonstrated to the whole world our state’s resolute determination to achieve its goal of establishing the world’s strongest army, its resolute hard work, its enormous potential and convincing outlines of an invincible future (North Korea),” said Kim Jong-un.

TsTAK provides a list of the names of all persons ordered to be promoted. They range from Army Generals Jang Chang Ha and Kim Jong Sik to Lieutenant Ryu Hyuk. There are 106 names in total on the list.

On November 18, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan. According to North Korea, the Hwaseong-17 missile hit the targeted water area in the Sea of ​​Japan, flying 999.2 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 6,040.9 kilometers. The flight time was 4135 seconds (almost 69 minutes). Tokyo confirmed that the ICBM dropped 200 kilometers from Oshima Island, near Hokkaido, within Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

According to South Korea, the missile flew along a hinged trajectory. The hinged trajectory means the rocket is launched more vertically, resulting in a shorter flight distance. According to the analysis of the Ministry of Defense of Japan, when the missile is launched from a normal orbit, it can fly 15,000 kilometers and reach the USA.