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Eugene

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Wed Aug 24, 2016, 07:25 PM Aug 2016

North Korea's Kim declares missile launch from sub 'greatest success'

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:26pm EDT

North Korea's Kim declares missile launch from sub 'greatest success'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and declared it "the greatest success" that put the country in the "front rank" of nuclear military powers, official media reported on Thursday.

North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on Wednesday which flew about 500 km (300 miles). The South Korean government and experts said the launch showed technical progress in the North's SLBM program.

"A test-fire of strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile was successfully conducted under the guidance of supreme commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Kim Jong Un," the North's official KCNA news agency said.

"He appreciated the test-fire as the greatest success and victory," KCNA said.

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