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North Korea Tests New Weapon Bolstering Nuclear Capability

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North Korea says it has successfully test-launched a newly developed tactical guided weapon

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  1. The Guardian

    Kim Jong-un oversees missile test that North Korea claims advances nuclear program (opens The Guardian)

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    Leader appears well pleased with latest test of what state media reported was a new type of tactical guided weapon

  2. France 24

    North Korea tests new weapons system to enhance 'tactical nukes' (opens France 24)

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    Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea's "tactical nukes", state media said Sunday, capping days of celebrations surrounding the birthday of the…

  3. Military.com

    North Korea Tests New Weapon Bolstering Nuclear Capability (opens Military.com)

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    North Korea says it has successfully test-launched a newly developed tactical guided weapon

  4. PBS NewsHour

    North Korea tests tactical weapon designed for strengthening nuclear capability (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The 13th weapons test this year came amid concerns that North Korea may soon conduct an even larger provocation.

  5. Insider

    Kim Jong Un observes test-firing of new weapons system that North Korea claims boost the efficiency of its tactical nukes, state media says (opens Insider)

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    The new-type weapons system boosts the efficiency of North Korea's tactical nuclear weapons, state media said on Sunday.

  6. The Buffalo News

    North Korea says it tested new tactical guided weapon (opens The Buffalo News)

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    North Korea says it has successfully test-launched a newly developed tactical guided weapon. The official Korean Central News Agency said Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, which

  7. CNN

    North Korean leader shown observing weapons test as country fires projectiles into eastern waters (opens CNN)

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    North Korea fired two projectiles into waters off the east of the Korean Peninsula Saturday evening, according to the South Korean military, the country's 12th such test this year.

  8. NBC News

    North Korea says it tested newly developed tactical guided weapon (opens NBC News)

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    South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it had detected two projectile launches from the North’s eastern coastal town of Hamhung.

  9. Deutsche Welle

    North Korea says it tested new weapons system to improve 'tactical nukes' | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The launch was the latest in a series of weapons tests the North conducted this year, which included firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017.

  10. Fox News

    Kim Jong Un observes new weapons test to enhance nuclear capabilities (opens Fox News)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country's nuclear capabilities, the North's KCNA state news agency reported on Sunday.

  11. Los Angeles Times

    North Korea tests new weapon designed to bolster nuclear capability (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon designed to boost its nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Sunday,

  12. Forbes

    North Korea Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Tactical Weapon, Day Before U.S.-South Korea Military Drills (opens Forbes)

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    North Korea’s test launch of the new weapons system takes place just before a planned military drill between the U.S. and South Korea.

  13. Al Jazeera

    N Korea tests new weapon that ‘will boost nuclear capabilities’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Weapon launch, supervised by Kim Jong Un, comes as US and S Korea warn that N Korea could soon resume nuclear testing.

  14. The Diplomat

    North Korea Tests Tactical Guided Weapon (opens The Diplomat)

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    North Korea tested its “new-type tactical guided weapon” a day after the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung. Seoul apparently did not detect the launch before the North’s state media reported it.

  15. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    N. Korea airs 13th weapon test of year (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon designed to boost its nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Sunday, a day before the United States and South Korea begin annual drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

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