North Korea claims 'world's strongest' missile; experts doubt its usability

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North Korea boasted Friday that the new intercontinental ballistic missile it just test-launched is the world's strongest, a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation.

But foreign experts say the test failed to show North Korea has mastered some of the last remaining technological hurdles to possess functioning ICBMs that can strike the mainland US.

The North's Korean Central News Agency identified the missile as a Hwasong-19 and called it the world's strongest strategic missile and the perfected weapon system.

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Markets: IndiaJapanNorth KoreaSouth KoreaUkraine

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Published On: 2024-11-01 @ 18:13:54 (4 hours ago)

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