The Hwasong-8 is a North Korean missile carrying a hypersonic glide warhead. North Korean state media reported its first test launch on 28 September 2021, saying the missile met its technical specifications, including the guiding maneuverability and gliding flight characteristics of the detached hypersonic gliding warhead. In a hypersonic glide design the warhead separates at the missile peak altitude and then glides toward its target inside the atmosphere, which makes interception harder than for a conventional ballistic warhead. South Korean military authorities judged the flight to be unlike existing missiles, recorded a speed of about Mach 3, and described the program as being at an early stage of development. The Hwasong-8 was shown again at the July 2023 Victory Day parade and weapons exhibition in Pyongyang.
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Hwasong 8 page, September 2021 test
test-fired a newly developed hypersonic missile
Hwasong 8 page, South Korean assessment
the South Korean military authorities consider it to be in an "early stage of development"
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designation of North Korean ballistic missile
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