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North Korea has conducted a successful submarine launch test of its Pulhwasal-3-31 cruise missiles, the Korean Central Telegraphic Agency (KCNA) reported.

In a bid to bolster its strategic partnership with the UAE and further its missile capabilities, MBDA established the UAE Missile Engineering Centre earlier this year from where it will produce so-called 'smart weapons'.

With Russia, China and North Korea developing their own hypersonic missile capabilities, with some being able to carry nuclear warheads, the Pentagon is feeling the pressure.

Chinese hypersonic missiles are more advanced than the US and are in operation now; it will take time for the US to catch up.

Short-term. the one danger would be if this -- if the reform leadership now feels it has something to prove. you know, some sort of provocation over the last couple of years. we've seen the north korean shell south korea, sink a ship. so you could see a miscalculation here and a spiral that increases tensions, again, let's hope that doesn't happen. >> madeline albright was -- we've been talking about her this morning, the "washington post" brought up about how she when she met kim jong-il, he was seen as a cartoon character by most in the west. she said actually he was better prepared and more...