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North Korea says it has completed its 20th missile test of 2017. It claims to have launched a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the whole of continental United States. North Korea's State television said Pyongyang had achieved its mission of becoming a nuclear state. We asked the Â鶹Éç's Defence and Diplomatic correspondent, Jonathan Marcus, about North Korea's missile and nuclear capabilities. (Photo: This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017 purportedly shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a launching drill of the medium-and-long range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 at an undisclosed location, Credit: AFP/KCNA via KNS/STR/South Korea)