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North Korea claims first successful test of multiple-warhead missile

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North Korea successfully conducted a multiple-warhead missile test, state media reported Thursday, one day after South Korea said the North's latest missile launch ended in failure.

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  1. Digital Journal

    N. Korean test of likely hypersonic missile fails: Seoul military official (opens Digital Journal)

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    North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a mid-air explosion, an official from Seoul's Joint

  2. Latin Times

    N.Korea Says Successfully Conducted Multiple-warhead Missile Test: KCNA (opens Latin Times)

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    The statement came a day after South Korea's military said the North had test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a mid-air explosion.

  3. UPI

    North Korea claims first successful test of multiple-warhead missile (opens UPI)

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    North Korea successfully conducted a multiple-warhead missile test, state media reported Thursday, one day after South Korea said the North's latest missile launch ended in failure.

  4. NBC News

    North Korea claims successful test to develop multiple warhead missile (opens NBC News)

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    North Korea’s claim that it successfully held a test to develop multiple warhead missiles was rejected by South Korea as “deception” to mask a failed launch.

  5. Seattle Times

    North Korea says it tested a multiwarhead missile. Kim covets the weapon to overwhelm U.S. defenses (opens Seattle Times)

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    North Korea says it successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, a sophisticated weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm missile defenses in the continental United States.

  6. Military.com

    North Korea Says It Tested a New Multiwarhead Missile. South Korea Says It's Covering Up a Failure (opens Military.com)

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    North Korea said it tested a multiwarhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm U.S. and South Korean missile defenses.

  7. New York Times

    North Korea Says It Tested Multiple-Warhead Missile Technology (opens New York Times)

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    The announcement, coming days after Vladimir V. Putin’s visit to Pyongyang, suggests an ambitious attempt to upgrade the North’s nuclear arsenal.

  8. Digital Journal

    N. Korea says successfully tested multiple-warhead missile (opens Digital Journal)

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    North Korea successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, state media said Thursday, as dozens more trash-laden balloons sent by Pyongyang

  9. Voice of America

    North Korea claims successful test of multiple warhead missile (opens Voice of America)

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    South Korea, the US and Japan condemn the launch as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and a serious threat

  10. Deutsche Welle

    North Korea claims successful test of multiwarhead missile – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Pyongyang says it has carried out a test aimed at developing a missile capable of piercing US and South Korean defenses. But Seoul has rejected the claim as a "deception and exaggeration."

  11. France 24

    N.Korea says successfully tested multiple-warhead missile capability (opens France 24)

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    North Korea claimed to have successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, according to state-run KCNA news agency Thursday.

  12. Al Jazeera

    North Korea says it conducted successful test of multiwarhead missile (opens Al Jazeera)

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    It is the first known test of a so-called MIRV by Pyongyang, but South Korea is questioning the claim.

  13. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    North Korea says it tested a multiwarhead missile. Kim covets the weapon to overwhelm US defenses (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    North Korea said Thursday it had successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, a sophisticated weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm missile defenses in the continental United States. The statement contradicted South Korea's assessment of a failed launch Wednesday of a different type of we…

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