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N Korea says successfully tested ICBM engine: KCNA

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AFP Seoul
North Korea today said it had successfully tested an engine designed for an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) that would "guarantee" the ability to launch a nuclear strike on the US mainland, state media reported.

Now North Korea "can tip new type inter-continental ballistic rockets with more powerful nuclear warheads and keep any cesspool of evils in the earth including the US mainland within our striking range," leader Kim Jong-Un, who monitored the test, was quoted as saying.
 

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First Published: Apr 09 2016 | 4:32 AM IST

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