Hwasong-19

The Hwasong-19 is a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile with three solid-fuelled stages, launched from a road-mobile transporter-erector launcher by a cold launch, in which the missile is ejected from its canister before the first stage ignites. The Center for Strategic and International Studies describes it as the largest operational road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile in the world, about 28 metres long, larger than the earlier solid-fuel Hwasong-18 and the liquid-fuelled Hwasong-17. North Korea first test-fired it on 31 October 2024 near Pyongyang from an eleven-axle launcher; state media reported an altitude of 7,687.5 kilometres, a distance of 1,001.2 kilometres and a flight of 86 minutes before the missile fell into the Sea of Japan. Japanese and South Korean analysts estimated an altitude near 7,000 kilometres. Analysts suggest it may be a test platform for multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, citing thrusters on its warhead, while its true range and its practical usefulness given its size remain disputed.