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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Pyongyang missile video draws sceptical second look - The Untold Story

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses with military officials during what state media reports was the launch of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile on March 24. The image was provided by the Pyongyang-based Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and cannot be independently verified. (KCNA Handout via Reuters)

SEOUL: The “monster” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) shown this week in North Korean state media after the country’s biggest test-fire ever is likely from an earlier launch, analysts said after examining the images and video.

North Korea said the launch on Thursday was of the Hwasong-17, a huge new ICBM unveiled at a pre-dawn military parade in October 2020 but never before publicly tested.

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