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A missile blasts off again the background of green hills

North Korea launches ICBM with potential to reach New York

28 July 2017

An intercontinental ballistic missile launched by North Korea landed in Japanese waters. Experts say the range of such a missile could reach the US east coast
A missile blasts off again the background of green hills

North Korean missiles could soon reach the US. Can we stop them?

5 July 2017

Kim Jong-un’s regime has tested a missile that could eventually hit the continental US with Hiroshima-sized nuclear weapons. Talks, war or sanctions are the only ways forward

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