WASHINGTON: North Korea's latest rocket launch was of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Pentagon said Friday, marking the second time Pyongyang has fired an ICBM.

"We assess that this missile was an intercontinental ballistic missile, as had been expected," Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said.

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