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North Korean missiles will be able to reach U.S. after modernization: Ifax cites Russian lawmaker

Published 10/10/2017, 07:01 AM
Updated 10/10/2017, 07:01 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO - KCNA picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO - KCNA picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korea's leadership has told Russian lawmakers that it possesses a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000 kilometers (1864.11 miles) that will be able to reach U.S. territory after modernization, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.

Interfax cited Anton Morozov, a lawmaker and member of the lower house of parliament's international affairs committee, who visited Pyongyang from October 2-6.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO - KCNA picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

North Korea aims to increase the range of its ballistic missiles to 9,000 kilometers (5592.34 miles), Morozov was quoted as saying. "There was no talk about the deadline (for solving this task)," he said.

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