North Korea extols its new weaponry.

North Korea has successfully test-launched a new solid-fuel "Hwasong-18" intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday, with all three stages safely landing in waters off the country's eastern coast. Kim Jong-un praised the launch as further proof of the country's "ever-increasing defense technological might". Pyongyang has conducted nine missile tests this year amid escalating tensions with South Korea, warning that Seoul's joint military exercises with US forces have pushed the peninsula to the "brink of a nuclear war". The Hwasong-18 can be prepared for launch more quickly than a liquid-fuel missile, making it more difficult to detect and intercept.