North Korea has already carried out a record 15 missile tests this year which showed it has developed an ICBM that can likely strike most of mainland America
Daily Mail: North Koreans celebrate after Kim Jong-un announces it has achieved its goal of becoming a full NUCLEAR state after testing ICBM that puts the 'whole mainland of the US' within range
* North Korea has test-fired its most powerful ICBM to date, dubbed Hwasong-15
* Missile reached ten times the height of the International Space Station, flew 620 miles from launchpad near Pyongyang, and landed 200 nautical miles off Japan
* Maximum range likely 8,000 miles, meaning it can hit almost anywhere on Earth
* Kim Jong-un bragged that his country has now achieved full nuclear statehood
* President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to 'handle the situation' after launch
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has bragged that his country has achieved full nuclear statehood after successfully testing a new missile capable of hitting virtually anywhere in the world.
The country ended a 10-week pause in its weapons testing on Tuesday when it fired off a Hwasong-15 rocket - its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile yet which the regime claimed could be fitted with a 'super heavy nuclear warhead'.
It poses a new challenge for President Donald Trump who has vowed not to let North Korea develop nuclear missiles that can hit the US mainland.
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MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
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AFRICA
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