North Korea, through the KCNA news agency, announced that it had carried out a 'very important' test from the launch area for long-range carriers. In giving the news of the test, he suggests, without explicitly specifying it, that it is a missile launch. The test results were detailed in a report not released by the North Korean National Defense Academy.
The test has matured in the midst of pressure from Pyongyang over the US to present a new negotiating platform more in line with its wishes by the end of the year, leaving the resumption of its nuclear and ballistic missile experiments to be expected. The launch of an intercontinental carrier, after all, would have a blow to the administration of Donald Trump that, just one year after the presidential elections, would see one of the successes claimed on the diplomatic front collapse: the two-year halt of the excesses of the North, despite has taken over multiple "bullets" and short-range missiles in recent months. Pyongyang conducted its last nuclear tests in September 2017 and an intercontinental missile in December 2017. At the Sohae launch base, however, it is assumed that the refinement of solid fuel rocket engines continued to increase stability and reliability. In Washington, Trump recently warned the North not to intrude on his re-election campaign.
