In this image made from video released by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone, releases a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during a joint live-fire exercise between South Korea and the U.S. at an undisclosed location, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

North Korea boasts of 'the world's strongest' missile

The claim is being seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation

by · National Post

North Korea boasted Friday that the new intercontinental ballistic missile it just test-launched is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation.

The ICBM launched Thursday flew higher and for a longer duration than any other weapon North Korea has tested. But foreign experts say the test failed to show North Korea has mastered some of the last remaining technological hurdles to possess functioning ICBMs that can strike the mainland U.S.