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South Korea's defence chief said on April 4 that North Korea has moved to its east coast a missile with a "considerable" range, but that it was not capable of reaching the United States. The disclosure came as the Communist North's military warned that it was ready to strike US military forces with "cutting-edge smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear strike means." In its latest threat on April 4, North Korea did not name targets but said it was authorised to "take powerful practical military counteractions" against the threats from B-2 bombers from the US, B-52 bombers from Guam and F-22 Stealth jet fighters from Japan that have recently run missions over the Korean Peninsula during joint military exercises with South Korea. "The moment of explosion is approaching fast," the General Staff of the North Korean People's Army said in a statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency. "The US had bet...