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SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, but no injuries reported
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SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, but no injuries reported

  • The Associated Press

A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas has exploded, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky. The company says the Starship "experienced a major anomaly" at about 11 p.m. Wednesday while on the test stand at Starbase, SpaceX's launch site at the southern tip of Texas. The company says in a statement on X that "all personnel are safe and accounted for." SpaceX says there are no hazards to nearby communities. It has asked people not to try to approach the site. It marked the latest in a string of incidents this year involving the massive rockets.

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

  • By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press

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.