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Warnings as North Korea plans “world’s most powerful” nuclear force

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the opening of the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on June 16, 2021 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA/via REUTERS

Kim Jong Un has his eyes firmly set on securing title of “the world’s most powerful” nuclear force

As reported in state media, Kim Jong Un is launching a bold nuclear program to become an “absolute force, unprecedented in the century.”

Most recently though, North Korea tested “firing of a new kind” of missile. Kim dubbed the new weapon as “the world’s strongest strategic weapon.”

The intercontinental ballistic missile was a Hwaseong-17, capable of reaching western nations. Kim claims it is an innovation of the overarching nuclear technology, as North Korea leads the way.

“The confident, ever-victorious future of our state advancing toward the goal of building the world’s strongest army.”

kim jong-un, north korea leader

The new missile force follows the country launches an array of tests over recent months. The drills have been closely monitored by the west because of the long-range capabilities of the nuclear weapons.

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