"High-thrust solid-fuel motor" test to develop a new strategic weapon © Thomson Reuters
* The North Korean leader has tested a new arsenal capable of striking the US
* Kim Jong Un was pictured laughing and puffing on a cigarette during the test
* The missiles include solid fuel which helps shorten launch preparation times
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un puffed on a cigarette and laughed as he supervised the test of a 'high-thrust solid-fuel motor' for a new strategic weapon on Thursday.
State media said the development could hand the despot a more mobile, harder-to-detect arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the mainland US.
Thursday's 'static firing test' of a missile engine at the country's northwest rocket launch facility was the first of its kind in North Korea, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
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