North Korea Defends Satellite Missile Launches, Warns of Nuclear Retaliation

North Korea Defends Satellite Missile Launches, Warns of Nuclear Retaliation
The Hwasong-12 missile in this undated combination photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. A Hwasong-12 flew over Hokkaido, the second largest island of Japan, on a North Korean test launch on Sept 15. KCNA via Reuters
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North Korea is lashing out over allegations it is using satellite launches to develop its ballistic missile program as it makes a push at the United Nations to legitimize the launches.

North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador Kim In Ryong said the communist regime’s five-year satellite plan is important to the country’s economic development.

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