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Kim Jong Un Oversees Test of Missile With Mock Nuclear Warhead

  • North Korean leader brings daughter to nuclear missile drill
  • Nation fired ICBM last week before Japan-South Korea summit
File footage of North Korea’s missile launch on a TV screen in Seoul on March 19.
File footage of North Korea’s missile launch on a TV screen in Seoul on March 19.Photographer: Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a nuclear counterstrike drill involving a missile with a mock atomic warhead capable of reaching Japan’s west coast, its official media said.

Kim brought his daughter to exercises over the weekend, where he issued a threat to the US over joint military drills it’s conducting with South Korea, saying his country is preparing to make “an immediate and overwhelming nuclear counterattack anytime,” the Korean Central News Agency reported Monday.