North Korean Dictator Orders Scientists to Build Country’s Biggest Rocket Yet: Defector

This photo taken on Nov. 29, 2017 and released on Nov. 30, 2017 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows launching of the Hwasong-15 missile which is capable of reaching all parts of the United States. AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has ordered top scientists to build the country’s largest rocket yet, according to a defector.

The defector told a Japanese newspaper that the country has already started production on its largest missile to date, planning for a launch on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the communist republic.