U.S. urges North Korea back to talks after nuclear-capable missile test
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Tokyo — North Korea claimed it successfully test-fired a new type of missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads over the weekend, just before the United States and South Korea began a joint cyber-military exercise.
It was the 12th North Korean missile test in three-and-a-half months, and a sign that the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, is fast-tracking a serious upgrade to his already fearsome arsenal.
However, it wasn't the hardware of the weekend's test that set international alarm bells ringing, but the rhetoric around the launch, CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports. For the first time, North Korea explicitly said that the missiles are designed to carry nuclear weapons, and that it already has a tactical nuclear ability. In other words, it has already developed the right kind of small nuclear warheads.
