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Hwasong-17: North Korea’s ‘monster missile’

The Hwasong-17 takes off from a site at Pyongyang's airport. Analysts have called it a 'monster missile' [KCNA via KNS/ AFP]

North Korea has confirmed it test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) since 2017.

The Hwasong-17 is the biggest ICBM has ever developed and is potentially able to deliver a nuclear warhead to anywhere in the United States.

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