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North Korea hails 'successful' test of new rocket engine


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North Korea has successfully tested a new, high-powered rocket engine, state media said on Tuesday, a move experts say will bolster its already burgeoning weapons programme. State-run news agency KCNA said the engine would give the country "sufficient carrier capability for launching various kinds of satellites". Rocket engines are easily re-purposed for use in missiles, and outside observers say that Pyongyang's space programme is a fig leaf for weapons tests.

 

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