The country's state media made the announcement Wednesday, hours after leader Kim Jong Un ordered the 3 a.m. launch of the Hwasong-15 missile, which reached the highest altitude ever recorded by a North Korean missile.
State news agency KCNA called the missile "the most powerful ICBM" and said it "meets the goal of the completion of the rocket weaponry system development set by the DPRK," or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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