Papers Hail ICBM Test-Launch

Pyongyang, July 6 (KCNA) -- Scientists and technicians of the DPRK Academy of Defence Science succeeded in the test-launch of inter-continental ballistic missile Hwasong-14, newly developed by them. This constitutes the successful accomplishment of the historic cause of rounding off the state nuclear force which required so much efforts, say DPRK leading newspapers Thursday in editorials. Rodong Sinmun says: The successful test-launch at one go is a striking demonstration of the invincible state might and the tremendous capability of self-reliant defence industry of Juche Korea that has advanced under the great Workers' Party of Korea's new line on the simultaneous development of the two fronts. It is a great auspicious event to be specially recorded in the history of the DPRK which has long craved for powerful defence capabilities. Minju Joson says that the successful test-launch is an event of world historic significance in fundamentally terminating the U.S. threat and blackmail for a nuclear war and reliably guaranteeing the peace and security in the Korean peninsula and the region. -0-