Hwasong-15 : Nuclear Missile by North Korea tested

Q.  North Korea successfully launched a new type of nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It is North Korea's most powerful ICBM that can reach entire eastern US seaboard and Washington. What is it called?
- Published on 01 Dec 17

a. Hawasun-15
b. HawaBaz-15
c. Hwachun-15
d. Hwasong-15

ANSWER: Hwasong-15
 
Hwasong-15 : Nuclear Missile by North Korea testedNorth Korea successfully launched Hwasong-15, a new type of nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It is North Korea's most powerful ICBM that can reach entire eastern US seaboard and Washington.

The ICBM was launched from near Pyongyang and had reached height of 4,475 km and traveled 950 km before it accurately hitting a sea target.

It landed inside of Japan's economic exclusion zone (EEZ) in Sea of Japan, about 250 km west of Aomori, which is on northern part of Japan's main island of Honshu.

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