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North Korea punctuates return to nuclear talks with undersea missile test

By Jamie McIntyre
Published October 2, 2019 10:52am ET
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North Korea punctuates return to nuclear talks with undersea missile test
FROM THE SEA: North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from what is believed to be an underwater platform off its east coast as it continues to develop the capability of launching nuclear weapons from a submarine. South Korea’s military says the missile appears to be a Pukguksong submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) of the same […]

FROM THE SEA: North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from what is believed to be an underwater platform off its east coast as it continues to develop the capability of launching nuclear weapons from a submarine.

South Korea’s military says the missile appears to be a Pukguksong submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) of the same kind tested in by North Korea in 2016, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.

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