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North Korea

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The Korean People's Army (KPA) stood up the Army Strategic Rocket Force as a separate service. Sometime around 2012, North Korea renamed the service the Strategic Force. The service has the final responsibility for North Korea's nuclear-armed ballistic missile force.

North Korea's Strategic Force operates different types of missiles, including short range (SRBM), medium-range (MRBM), intermediate-range (IRBM) ballistic missiles, as well as intercontinental ballistic...

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