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Updated · NBC News · Apr 20North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles with Cluster Warheads as Kim Watches
53 articles · Updated · NBC News · Apr 20
- North Korea has test-launched multiple ballistic missiles equipped with cluster bomb and fragmentation mine warheads off its east coast.
- Leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter, oversaw the launches, which struck island targets and demonstrated high-precision capabilities.
- The tests, condemned by South Korea as violations of UN resolutions, may be aimed at boosting Pyongyang's leverage ahead of possible US talks.
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