March 28, 2024
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N.Korea successfully test-fired medium long-range missile: KCNA

Pukguksong-2 capable of carrying nuclear warhead was fired from high angle

North Korea claimed that it successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface “medium long-range ballistic missile” capable of carrying a nuclear warhead on Sunday, the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test launch of the ballistic missile named “Pukguksong-2” and described it as a “Korean-style new type strategic weapon system.”

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