North Korea Nuclear Tests

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  Satellite Images Suggest North Korea Expanding Missile Plant: Researchers

  North Korea is expanding a key weapons manufacturing complex that assembles a type of short-range missile used by Russia in Ukraine, researchers at a US-based think tank have concluded, based on satellite images.

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  North Korea Hasn't Perfected ICBM Warheads, US Admiral Says

  Under leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has accelerated its development of missiles and nuclear weapons, and ratcheted up aggressive rhetoric against South Korea.

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  Kim Jong Un Deploys 250 Ballistic Missiles On North Korea's South Border

  The olive green mobile launchers were displayed during a special "transferring" ceremony in the capital Pyongyang on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. The missile launchers were an "up-to-date tactical attack weapon" said Kim.

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  North Korea Test-Fires Ballistic Missile, Vows Bolstered Nuclear Force

  North Korea on Saturday confirmed that it had test-fired a tactical ballistic missile, the government news agency KCNA reported, with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to boost the country's nuclear force.

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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un Oversees Simulated 'Nuclear Counterattack'

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen a drill simulating a "nuclear counterattack," state-run KCNA news agency said Tuesday, the latest in a volley of tests by Pyongyang this year.

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  Kim Jong Un Leads Test Of New Missile That Can Hit US Bases

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of a new ballistic missile designed to deploy a hypersonic glide vehicle that can deliver a nuclear payload, his state media reported, calling the test "an epoch-making success."

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  Kim Jong Un Oversees Missile Tests As North Korea Boosts Maritime Security

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test firing of a "new-type surface-to-sea missile", state media reported Thursday, part of a purported fresh drive to ramp up maritime border security.

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  N Korea Tests "Underwater Nuclear Weapon System" After US, S Korea Drills

  North Korea said Friday that it had tested an "underwater nuclear weapon system" in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo, which involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

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  Explained: When And Where Could North Korea Use Its Nuclear Weapons

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a missile test this week shows his country would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if an enemy provokes it with strategic weapons, as observers say he is moving to make such forces operational.

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  Explained: How And When North Korea Could Use Nuclear Weapons

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a missile test this week shows his country would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if an enemy provokes it with strategic

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  North Korea Says Tested Solid-Fuel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

  North Korea said on Tuesday it had launched a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Monday as a drill to confirm the war readiness of its nuclear deterrence force in the face of mounting hostility by the United States.

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  Cruise Missiles To Nuclear Warheads: A Look At North Korea's Arsenal

  North Korea fired its most powerful and advanced solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile on Monday, extending a record-breaking run of weapons tests this year that have been condemned by the West.

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  How Kim's Daughter, North Korea Scientists Celebrated Spy Satellite Launch

  North Korea celebrated the deployment of its new spy satellite with breathless displays on state television, a banquet with rocket scientists and space agency T-shirts - including one prominently worn by leader Kim Jong Un's daughter.

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  Korean Space Race? North And South Chase Spy Satellites

  North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.

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  Explained: What North Korea's Satellite Launch Means For The Space Race

  North Korea appears to be preparing for its third attempt this year at launching a reconnaissance satellite, a move that may prove as controversial as the nuclear-armed country's weapons tests.