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It is now widely believed to have missiles potentially capable of striking long range targets, including possibly the US mainland. It also claims to have developed a hydrogen bomb and to be able to mount it on a missile.
But Spring 2018 saw a thaw in tensions on the Korean peninsula, and an announcement from North Korea that it was halting all missile and nuclear testing.
Here’s what you need to know about the North’s missile and nuclear weapons programme and its military forces.
n May 2017, North Korea test fired a Hwasong 12 missile, which analysts suggested could travel up to 4,500km (2,800 miles), putting US military bases on the Pacific island of Guam well within striking distance.
But two tests in July of the Hwasong-14 missile demonstrated even greater potential, possibly giving North Korea its first truly intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
