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N. Korea's Kim led drills 'simulating a nuclear counterattack': KCNA

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led two days of military drills "simulating a nuclear counterattack", including the firing of a ballistic missile carrying

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  1. Voice of America

    North Korea Says ICBM Launch a Response to US-South Korea Drills (opens Voice of America)

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    Pyongyang calls the drills 'provocative and aggressive war exercises of the United States and the south Korean puppet traitors'

  2. Moultrie Observer

    North Korea: Latest missile simulated nuclear counterattack (opens Moultrie Observer)

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    Moultrie Observer's feed description

    North Korea says its ballistic missile launch over the weekend simulated a nuclear attack against South Korea. The North has held five missile demonstrations this month to protest the largest

  3. Digital Journal

    N. Korea's Kim led drills 'simulating a nuclear counterattack': KCNA (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led two days of military drills "simulating a nuclear counterattack", including the firing of a ballistic missile carrying

  4. Latin Times

    South Korea Conduct Drills, North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    North Korea reportedly launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday.

  5. Washington Examiner

    Kim Jong Un led nuclear 'counterattack simulation drills' over weekend (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led drills "simulating a nuclear counterattack" over the weekend in response to military drills carried out by the U.S. and South Korea over the South Korea Peninsula.

  6. France 24

    North Korea's Kim leads 'nuclear counterattack' simulation drill (opens France 24)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led two days of military drills "simulating a nuclear counterattack", including the launch of a ballistic missile, state media reported Monday.

  7. Los Angeles Times

    North Korea: Latest missile launch simulated a nuclear counterattack (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    North Korea says its ballistic missile launch over the weekend simulated a nuclear attack against South Korea.

  8. Al Jazeera

    N Korea’s Kim led drills ‘simulating nuclear counterattack’: KCNA (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Latest show of force from Pyongyang comes as it bristles at military drills by South Korea and the US.

  9. The Diplomat

    North Korea Says It Conducted Tactical Nuclear Attack Drill (opens The Diplomat)

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    Three days after it launched an ICBM, North Korea conducted a nuclear counterattack simulation as a response to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military drills.

  10. The Daily Caller

    North Korea Drills ‘Nuclear Counterattack,’ Appears To Launch Missile From Silo (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un oversaw drills simulating a tactical nuclear counterattack against its enemies, state media said.

  11. Washington Times

    North Korea rehearses ‘nuclear counterattack’ scenario with latest missile test (opens Washington Times)

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    Furious over U.S.-South Korean war games it insists are a rehearsal for an invasion, North Korea on Monday tested another short-range ballistic missile which it says is part of a broader push to revamp and sharpen its own warfighting doctrines.

  12. NBC News

    North Korea’s Kim oversees simulated nuclear counterattack against U.S. and South Korea (opens NBC News)

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    The North’s drills included a short-range missile launch from a buried silo, which analysts believe will improve speed and stability for future ICBM tests.

  13. NBC 6 South Florida

    Kim Jong Un Oversees Drills Simulating Nuclear Counterattacks (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the U.S. and South Korea, state media KCNA said on Monday.

  14. Washington Times

    North Korea calls latest missile launch a simulated nuclear attack on South (opens Washington Times)

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    North Korea on Monday described its latest ballistic missile launch as a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea as leader Kim Jong-un called for his nuclear forces to sharpen their war readiness in the face of his rival’s expanding military exercises with the United States.

  15. CBS News

    North Korea says latest missile test was nuclear counterstrike simulation (opens CBS News)

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    The launch came less than an hour before the United States flew long-range B-1B bombers for joint training with South Korean warplanes.

  16. UPI

    North Korea’s Kim calls for nuclear attack readiness after missile drill (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a weapons drill and called on the military to get "perfectly prepared" to conduct a nuclear attack, state media reported Monday.

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