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Hwasong-15

December 1 , 2017 2549 days 1131 0
  • North Korea successfully launched a new type of nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) named Hwasong-15.
  • Hwasong-15 is the ‘greatest ICBM’ that could be armed with a ‘super-large heavy nuclear warhead’ capable of striking the ‘whole mainland’ of the United States of America.
  • It was North Korea’s 20 th launch of a ballistic missile this year and third successful test of an ICBM in the recent antagonism between America and  North Korea.
  • The ICBM was launched from near South Pyongan Province, Pyongyang and It is the first time a missile was fired from this location.
  • It accurately destroyed its  target which is fixed in the  Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in Sea of Japan.

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