North Korea fires its first ICBM in 3 months after making threat over alleged US spy flights


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Hyung-jin Kim And Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile in three months on Wednesday, days after it threatened “shocking” consequences to protest what it called provocative United States reconnaissance activity near its territory. Some experts say North Korea likely launched its developmental, road-mobile Hwasong-18 ICBM, a type of solid-fuel weapon that is harder to detect and intercept than its liquid-fuel ICBMs. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un previously called the Hwasong-18 his most powerful nuclear weapon. The missile, fired from North Korea’s capital region around 10 a.m., flew...