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Military tensions are at a high point as the pace of both North Korean weapons tests and U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises has accelerated in a cycle of tit-for-tat responses.
Pictures showed the rogue state's leader laughing with officials after apparently overseeing the test.
North Korea claimed to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic “radioactive tsunami” that would destroy naval strike groups and ports.
Analysts are sceptical the device presents a major new threat but the test underlines the North’s commitment to raising nuclear threats.
North Korea claims to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic "radioactive tsunami" that, it says, could destroy naval strike groups and ports.