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N Korea says US in our N-missile range

North Korea "successfully" launched a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can deliver a nuclear warhead in the US, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said on Wednesday

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un claimed his regime’s missile launch showed it can strike the US with a nuclear weapon, signaling a new phase in its stand-off with President Donald Trump. North Korea “successfully” launched a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile with improved technology that can deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in the US, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday. Kim watched the test and “declared with pride that now we have finally realised the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force,” KCNA said.

Kim’s claims on his nuclear capabilities, yet to be verified independently, suggests

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