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Korea Herald: North Korea nearing final development stage of ICBM: ministry
North Korea is nearing the final stage of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile and is likely to continue test-launches and nuclear experiments to perfect the technology, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Monday.
In a briefing to a parliamentary defense committee, the ministry also said that the North’s launch Friday of the intermediate-range Hwasong-12 rocket appears to be intended at demonstrating its capability to strike the US territory of Guam. In August, the communist regime had threatened to attack the Pacific island, some 3,400 kilometers from Pyongyang, with four Hwasong-12 missiles.
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WNU Editor: More than anyone else the South Koreans are watching everything what goes on in North Korea. This announcement from the South Korean defense ministry does not give a time frame on when will North Korea be able to perfect the technology, but it does give a heads-up that should alarm all of us.
Update: Yup .... Here's why a North Korean 'city-busting' thermonuclear ICBM changes the game (Alex Lockie, Business Insider).
