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1st LD: DPRK claims successful test firing of medium-long range ballistic missile

Xinhua, February 13, 2017 Adjust font size:

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday claimed it successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface medium and long-range ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 and its top leader Kim Jong Un guided the test firing, according to the state news agency KCNA.

The state media called Pukguksong-2 a "Korean style new type strategic weapon," which was developed on the instructions of top leader Kim Jong Un on the basis of the success made in the test-firing of the submarine-launched ballistic missile last August.

Kim received the report on the development of this ballistic missile, set the date for the test launch and personally guided the preparations on the spot, it said. Enditem