News Story: US Skeptical of N. Korea Test-Launch Claim

WASHINGTON — North Korea did not test fire a ballistic missile from a submarine as Pyongyang claimed over the weekend and the country is still a long way from achieving such a capability, US officials said Monday.

The North's state media said on Saturday that a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) had been tested but US officials rejected the regime's account.

"That was not a ballistic missile," a defense official told AFP.

The official played down the test, saying it did not represent a technical breakthrough for the North.

"They are trying to develop that capability," but there was no "imminent" threat of a submarine-launched missile arsenal coming on line in North Korea, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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