BEIJING: China has acknowledged the existence of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) said to be capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads as far as the United States, state-run media reported on Friday.

A government environmental monitoring center in Shaanxi said on its website that a military facility in the province was developing Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) missiles, the Global Times reported.

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