North Korean missiles will be able to reach US after modernisation

North Korea aims to increase the range of its ballistic missiles to 9,000 kilometers


Reuters October 10, 2017
The North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. PHOTO: REUTERS

MOSCOW, RUSSIA:

North Korea’s leadership has told Russian lawmakers that it possesses a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000 kilometers (1864.11 miles) that will be able to reach US territory after modernization, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.


Interfax cited Anton Morozov, a lawmaker and member of the lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee, who visited Pyongyang from October 2-6.


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North Korea aims to increase the range of its ballistic missiles to 9,000 kilometers (5592.34 miles), Morozov was quoted as saying. “There was no talk about the deadline (for solving this task),” he said.

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