[%%IMAGE1%%]<p>  US Forces Korea (USFK) has publicly released its official assessment of the ICBM Hwasong-15 that North Korea test launched in November 2017. According to the "2019 Strategic Digest," an annual publication by the USFK along with the United Nations Command and the Combined Forces Command, the Hwasong-15 is capable of reaching “any part of the continental US,” with an estimated range of 8,000 miles, or 12,874km. The publication also mentioned Pyongyang’s two other ICBMs: the Hwasong-13, with a range of 5,500 km, and the Hwasong-14, with an estimated range of 12,874km, making it capable of "reaching most of the continental US."</p>

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