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Thursday 6 April 2017

South Korea test fires home-developed ballistic missile; range long enough to hit any part of North Korea

Seoul: South Korea has effectively test-let go a home-created ballistic rocket with a range sufficiently long to hit any piece of North Korea, Yonhap news office announced today.

South Korea is ensured under an American security umbrella and is home to a large number of US troops.

In any case, in 2012 it achieved a concurrence with the United States to practically triple the scope of its ballistic rocket frameworks to make preparations for the North's atomic dangers, and has since been creating rockets with longer ranges.

Refering to a high-positioning government official, Yonhap said the South's rocket with a scope of 800 kilometers (500 miles) could fill in as a solid hindrance to Pyongyang.

"The test-terminating was fruitful", the authority was cited as saying.

A barrier service representative declined to remark.

The South wants to convey the new rocket this year taking after further tests to decide its unwavering quality, Yonhap said. Read more:-International Database

The new rocket could cover all of North Korea notwithstanding when let go from a southern area of the nation, it said.