US sources: North Korea’s last missile test points to long-range capability
DEBKAfile May 15, 2017, 5:39 PM (IDT)
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Less than 24 hours after the latest North Korean ballistic missile test, US intelligence and military sources Monday reversed their original assessment of a failed launch. They are now awarding it top marks as the most successful ballistic missile test-fire to date. They confirmed that the missile’s large and powerful engine would enable it to fly to a distance of 4,000km and it was capable of carrying a “large scale heavy nuclear warhead,” as Kim Jong-un claimed. US bases on Guam island are therefore within range.
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