North Korea’s missile control conducted a test of a solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missile equipped with a hypersonic maneuverable guided warhead, according to the North Korean state news agency KCNA. The tests were reportedly aimed at verifying the planned and maneuvering characteristics of the hypersonic guided warhead of medium-range and the reliability of multi-stage high-thrust solid-fuel engines. South Korea’s armed forces stated that the missile, launched from the Pyongyang area, flew approximately 1000 km off the country’s east coast, while Japan’s defense ministry claimed that the …