Pyongyang Announces Successful Launch of Ballistic Missile from Submarine Sputnik InternationalPyongyang Announces Successful Launch of Ballistic Missile from Submarine ? REUTERS KCNA09:19 09.05.2015(updated 09:25 09.05.2015) Get short URLNorth Korea said that it has successfully carried out an underwater test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile. ? REUTERS KCNAPyongyang Warns of 'Targeted Strikes' Against South Korea's NavyThe North Korean state news agency KCNA reported that Pyongyang had successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine; the launch was personally overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un,
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There was no immediate independent confirmation of the test that was touted by Kim as a "miraculous achievement" of his country.
He described the missile as "time bomb which will go off on the backs of our hostile enemies at any time,
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The state press did not specify when or where the launch was carried out,
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The announcement of the launch came a day after Pyongyang threatened to open fire without warning on any South Korean naval ships entering the countries' disputed Yellow Sea border off the west coast. ? AFP 2015 Ed JonesNorth Korea May Possess 20 Nuclear WarheadsThe South Korean Ministry of National Defense was quick to pledge that "if the North provokes,
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Last month,
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North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2005 and conducted a series of underground nuclear weapon tests in 2006,
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