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Mar 24 4 tweets 3 min read
#BREAKING North Korea's Kim ordered test of 'new type' of ICBM: state media Image
#UPDATE North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country's "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile to boost its nuclear deterrent against the US "imperialists", state media reported Friday
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North Korea's "new type inter-continental ballistic missile" appears to have travelled higher and further than any previous ICBM tested by the nuclear-armed country -- including one designed to strike the US mainland

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North Korea's missiles.

The Hwasong-17 is a giant ICBM first unveiled in North Korea in October 2020 and dubbed a "monster missile" by analysts. Until yesterday, it had never previously been successfully test-fired

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