North Korea on Thursday tested an upgraded intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that demonstrated what it said is the ¡°world¡¯s most powerful strategic deterrent,¡± in Pyongyang¡¯s first weapons test since being accused of dispatching troops to Russia.
Leader Kim Jong Un, who oversaw the launch, said it was a warning to his country¡¯s enemies and vowed that the North ¡°will never change its line of bolstering up its nuclear forces.¡±
¡°The test-fire is an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals, who have intentionally escalated the regional situation and posed a threat to the security of our Republic recently, of our counteraction will,¡± he was quoted by the North¡¯s official Korean Central News Agency as saying in a rare same-day report covering the launch.
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