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February 16, 2016

North Korea Forms New Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Unit
Tokyo (Sputnik) Feb 16, 2016
North Korea has formed a new military unit to deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), South Korean media cited its government sources as saying Sunday. US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said this week Pyongyang expanded the size of its ballistic missile forces to include KN-08 road-mobile ICBM. North Korea has now established the so-called KN-08 Brigade under its Strategic Forces, multiple unnamed sources told the Yonhap news service. The move indicates that ... read more

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