This picture taken on September 8, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on September 9, 2023 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) inspecting the ground combustion of a high-output solid fuel e...

This picture taken on September 8, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on September 9, 2023 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) inspecting the ground combustion of a high-output solid fuel engine using carbon fiber composites, at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of a solid-fuel engine designed for intercontinental ballistic missiles, state media reported on Tuesday.

The country's Missile Administration "conducted another ground jet test of high-thrust solid-fuel engine using the composite carbon fiber material on September 8," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported in an English dispatch on Tuesday.

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