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Russia has said it had test-launched its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new addition to its nuclear arsenal, which Vladimir Putin said would give Moscow’s enemies something to think about. The Russian president was shown on television being told by the military that the missile had been launched from Plesetsk in the north-west and hit targets in the Kamchatka peninsula in the far east. “The new complex has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of overcoming all modern means of anti-missile defence. It has no analogues in the world and will not have for a long time...

/begin my translation N. Korea's Central TV Airs Video of Combat Exercises On May 28, N. Korean Central TV aired video of military drills along with a song extolling Kim Jong-il. The edited video runs 1 minute and 19 second. According to Reuters, while N. Korean media routinely showed military parade, it is unusual for N. Korea to air video of military exercises. It said that the move is to display their resolve to confront the adverse reaction to nuclear test(from outsiders.) /end my translation