South Korea Doubts North’s Claim of Multiple Warhead Success
- Technology would boost Kim’s ability to land nuclear strike
- US worried about deeper military ties between Kim, Putin
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South Korea’s military accused North Korea of using “deception and exaggeration” to cover up a missile that exploded in the early stages of flight on Wednesday.
North Korea claimed it successfully conducted a test of a multiple warhead missile system as the state tries to meet leader Kim Jong Un’s goal of acquiring technology that could increase his ability to deliver a nuclear strike.