North Korea claims it successfully launched submarine ballistic missile

Kim Jong Un
(Image credit: AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)

With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watching, the military test-fired a submarine ballistic missile — successfully, the country claims — on Friday.

The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim called the missile a "world-level strategic weapon" that allows North Korea the option of "striking and wiping out in any waters the hostile forces infringing upon the sovereignty and dignity of (North Korea)."

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.