North Korea Fires ICBM, Issues New Warnings to US
- White House condemns launch, says it posed no immediate threat
- Japan says missile landed in its exclusive economic zone
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North Korea confirmed it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday and issued new warnings to the US, after parading a record number of rockets through the streets of Pyongyang designed to deliver a nuclear warhead to the American mainland.
The high-angle launch of the Hwasong-15 was conducted by North Korea on Saturday, with the missile reaching a maximum altitude of 5,768.5 kilometers and flying for 989 kilometers, the official Korean Central News Agency said Sunday. It said that the surprise drill is “a guarantee for and a clear proof of the sure reliability of our powerful physical nuclear deterrent.”