North Korea takes solid-fuel ICBM threat to unprecedented heights

Test shows ability to strike U.S. East Coast before preparation can be detected

JUNNOSUKE KOBARA, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- North Korea appears to have developed solid-fuel rocket technology that would make it more difficult for the U.S. and South Korea to strike its intercontinental ballistic missiles before they are launched.

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