North Korea boasts of ‘the world’s strongest’ missile, but experts say it’s too big to use in war

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is boasting that its new intercontinental ballistic missile 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 still doubt North Korea has functional missiles that can carry warheads to the U.S. mainland. North Korea on Friday identified the missile as a Hwasong-19 and called it “the world’s strongest strategic missile” and “the perfected weapon system.” But experts say the ICBM and its launch vehicle are oversized. That would make them harder to move and easier for enemies to see.