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It follows outrage from Islamabad about the sale of advanced weapons to India by some countries Pakistan claims would undermine the strategic balance in the region.

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said: The weapon system will augment credible deterrence against [the] prevailing threat spectrum more effectively, including anti-missile defences.

Nasr is a high precision weapon system with the ability of quick deployments.

General Bajwa used the launch to target Indias cold start doctrine by saying the missile launch has put cold water on Cold Start.

In India, operation Cold Start is the armys attempt to retaliate to Pakistani terror attacks by quickly mobilising a military unit to seize and hold territory without giving Islamabad the excuse to escalate the conflict.

Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat said: The Cold Start doctrine exists for conventional military operations. Whether we have to conduct conventional operations for such strikes is a decision well thought through, involving the government and the Cabinet Committee on Security.

New Delhi has only recently acknowledged the existence of Cold Start as tensions escalate between the two countries with nuclear weapons.

Pakistans general congratulated the engineers and scientists who were working on the missile project, he said: You are our real heroes; the unseen; we owe you our gratitude.

Our strategic capability is a guarantee of peace against a highly militarised and increasingly belligerent neighbour."

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Artists pay tribute to the warriors of the past in the Games' opening ceremony

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Pakistan, which previously vowed to destroy India if provoked, claimed the trials were conducted to evaluate the projectiles technical parameters and proudly stated the range has increased from 60 kilometres to 70 kilometres.

General Bajwa claimed Pakistan will go to any length to ensure regional peace and stability. He also supported the government's efforts for peace through talks.

He added: We whole-heartedly support all government efforts towards peace through dialogue. Our capability is only meant to ensure, (that) no one thinks that war remains an option.

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MILLION pound nuclear shelters are lying underneath our feet in Britain ready and waiting for World War 3 and the Daily Star Online can reveal exactly where they are.

The threat of a nuke war involving North Korea is higher than ever before after its tyrant leader Kim Jong-un tested his first intercontinental ballistic missile this week.

So if and when the time comes, and the UK finds itself in the firing line, thousands of Brits will be desperately cramming into nuclear fallout shelters across the country.

But the bad news is the numbers of active shelters fall into just single figures. And worse still, one of the just four shelters Daily Star Online have come across will only be reserved for the Prime Minister.

A cold war expert also revealed to us there are many more shelters across Britain that are being kept hidden from society, and has revealed some of their secret locations.

And on top of all of that, despite the already little protection, Nick Catford, the author of Cold War Bunkers, has a chilling warning for Daily Star Online readers: We are not prepared for a nuclear war.

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Tubby tyrant Kim Jong-un gloats as the world reacts to the news of his successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. As Trump took to Twitter to slam the secretive state, the world watches in fear: is this how WW3 starts?

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Kim Jong-un watches as the missile launches

The country currently houses four known nuke bunkers, but once was a hotbed for dozens of them which were built for the Cold War, before being turned into museums, sold off, or simply decommissioned.

Heres a list of the shelters as listed by Civil Defence Today:

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Widen the net and include decommissioned and transformed bunkers, then these 14 shelters would have once been our getaway locations:

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Photographs have emerged of a forgotten Cold War bunker - complete with fascinating instructions of what to do in event of a nuclear attack. The hidden relic deep in the heart of the East Anglian countryside was built in 1958 when tensions between the West and the Soviet Union were growing towards their height.

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Although the public could flee into some of the active bunkers in the event of an all-out war involving the likes of Russia, North Korea and USA, they werent actually built for us, Cold War Bunkers writer Nick told Daily Star Online.

Provision was never made for the people here, ever, he told us. The Government, military and services were prepared for themselves.

But in other countries there was. In Sweden for example during the cold war, when you had a new build you would have to have fallout shelters included, but we never had that.

Some people built their own fallout shelters there are some fallout shelters in houses but they are very few and far between.

He added: (If there was a nuclear war) theres very little we could do.

In the Cold War the local and national government all had bunkers and fall out shelters and the main reason for those was so that in the event of a nuclear attack they could keep services running.

Nick revealed to Daily Star Online that besides the Government-commissioned bunkers, there are actually secret shelters lying underneath properties across the country that are kept hidden from the public.

During the threat of Cold War some people built their own bunkers under their homes, he said.

There was a company in Kent that would build shelters to order in your garden.

There was this one man in Brixham, Devon who got a bit paranoid in the cold war, and built his own house with a shelter underneath it.

I stayed there the night once, and hed fitted it out in similar equipment to the Government!

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Hes got plenty of food, water, hes got the generator. He is quite well provided for.

But for how long? Everything is going to run out, so youve got to come out at some time.

All the tins (of food) there I remember were dated to the 1980s, so they never got replaced!

The locations of the secret bunkers revealed to us are mainly in villages, and include Pluckily in Kent, Balcombe in Sussex, South Godstone in Surrey and Brixton in Devon.

But if anyone is now thinking about building their own nuke bunker, Nick has a word of warning: The cost is colossal.

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Since 2008, photographer Eric Lafforgue ventured to North Korea six times. Thanks to digital memory cards, he was able to save photos that was forbidden to take inside the segregated state

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Taking pictures in the DMZ is easy, but if you come too close to the soldiers, they stop you

He told us: When the UK started its bunker building programme in the 1950s, at the start of the Cold War, we put all our radar stations in protected bunkers and just building the bunkers for the radar stations virtually bankrupted the country.

We cant afford it, and anyway, no bunker that we could build would withstand a direct hit.

They need blast protection, which would be virtually impossible to provide.

You then need filtration so if your air runs out, any air that you bring from the surface is clean from radiation. This would be horrendously expensive.

You would also need a supply of fuel for running a generator and a water supply - it is all just so expensive and the idea of the Government building shelters isnt going to happen.

But dont be downhearted, as Nick believes there is only a small chance of a nuclear bomb going off in Britain.

There is no threat whatsoever from the Soviets. I dont think there is a threat from North Korea either, he said.

The only slight worry would be if a terrorist organisation got hold of something. It would be a small, probably quite dirty bomb. But I dont think you could prepare for something like that.

If anyone is still concerned about not having a bunker, Nick told Daily Star Online: I dont think we have anything to worry about. I have a bunker, but I wont be running to it! I wouldnt want to be stuck down in that.

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NORTH Korea has revealed it fired an an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) today but what is it and how far can it reach?

North Korea declared itself a "nuclear power" after launching an ICBM into the Sea of Japan in yet another missile test that angered the international community today.

An ICBM is a long-range guided ballistic missile with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometres.

In theory, it is thought US and North Korea which are around 8,000km apart could strike each other with an ICBM.

The primary purpose of the missile is to delivery several warheads containing nuclear weapons on multiple long range targets.

ICBM were first deployed by the Soviet Union in 1958, following by the US in 1959 and China some 20 years later.

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The world watches as Kim Jong-un celebrates his latest step in the North Korean nuclear programme as he successfully fires a missile 500km towards the Sea of Japan

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Kim Jong-un is pleased with the missile test

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Peak speed for an ICMB is around 14,500mph or 6-7km/s with a 10 minute acceleration period.

At that speed an ICBM fired from Moscow could reach New York in around 20 to 30 minutes.

ICBMs can be deployed from multiple platforms, including missile silos, submarines, heavy trucks and mobile launchers on rails.

Russia's RS-24 Yars Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can strike anywhere in the US with ten nuclear warheads, according to reports.

US nukes are like Ferraris: beautiful, intricate, and designed for high performance.

China has developed a similar platform, and the US has no way to defend against such devastating nukes.

In comparison, the US's Minuteman III ICBM carries just one warhead, and was introduced in the 1970s.

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, publisher of Arms Control Wonk, said the US possess the most accurate nukes in the world.

He said: US nukes are like Ferraris: beautiful, intricate, and designed for high performance.

Experts have said the plutonium pits will last for 100s of years."

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The US have contraversially began installing the THAAD anti-ballistic missile system on South Korea in a bid to nip Kim Jong-un's budding nuclear capability in the bud. The move has seen tensions between the US and North Korea soar to new heights

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A truck is seen carrying parts required to set up the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system that had arrived at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea

Pyongyanglaunched the Hwasong-14 missile from the North Phyongan province, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The ICBM is the first of its kind to be launched by the communist state.

It can carry nuclear weapons and it is believed it could reach US mainland.

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What is an ICBM? How 'lethal' North Korea nuclear missile could unleash hell in WW3 - Daily Star

The tyrant can be seen grinning as paratroopers descend onto the site of the drill before blowing up a mocked-up south Korean missile system.

And a commentator on the state-spread video can be heard claiming the Hermit Kingdoms armed forces will be able to wipe out the daylight robbery U.S. imperialist and its subordinate [South Korea] without a trace, NK news has confirmed.

The drill, released as part of an hour-long propaganda video by the North, will serve as a challenge to the South after the Western allied nation tested a ballistic missile to stand up to Kim Jong-uns military advances.

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The nations presidential office said in a statement last week that South Korea had successfully test-fired a type of Hyunmoo-2 ballistic missile.

Defence officials believe the missile may have travelled up to 497 miles (800 kilometres) the maximum ballistic missile range allowed under a deal with the US before it hit a designated test target.

South Korean military revealed it had already tested the missile four times and said it will be ready to use after two more launches.

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1st Infantry Division of the US Army shows soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion and 34th Armor Regiment

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The nations president, Moon Jae-in, said: I am a believer in dialogue, but I also know that dialogue is possible when we have a strong national defence.

A policy of embracing North Korea is possible when we have a defence capability that surpasses that of North Korea.

It comes as Chinas ambassador to the UN warns tensions on the Korean peninsula could spiral out of control unless both the North and the South agree to settle their conflict through negotiations.

Ambassador Liu Jieyi said: "Currently tensions are high and we certainly would like to see a de-escalation.

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US and Japanese flags are visible on the USS Carl Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan

"If tension only goes up ... then sooner or later it will get out of control and the consequences would be disastrous."

The call for peace talks between the two Koreas has been backed by both Chinese officials and South Koreas new president Moon Jae-in, turning away from the foreign policy of US President Donald Trump who has called on the world to exert maximum pressure on the Kim regime.

Calling for peace talks, the ambassador added: "We cannot afford to wait for too long without dialogue taking place."

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Kim Jong-un grins at brutal takedown of 'South Korean missile' as China expose WW3 fears - Express.co.uk

A TOP NATO official has warned another major cyber attack may lead to all out war as governments reel from devastating hacks.

Secretary general Jens Stoltenberg made the chilling comment following a paralysing software attack that crippled governments and businesses across the globe.

Mr Stoltenberg said: The attack in May and this week underlines the importance of strengthening our cyber defences and that is what we are doing.

We exercise more, we share best practices and technology and we also work more and more closely with all allies.

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He added NATO leaders last year agreed a devastating cyberattack could be considered a threat to warrant members to trigger article 5 which states nations will actively defend an ally if they come under attack.

While it is not clear where the ransomeware hack which holds data hostage until payments are made originated, officials in Ukraine laid blame squarely at Vladimir Putins feet.

Kiev previously stated the Kremlin had launched similarly devastating attacks on their neighbour.

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Putin has an arsenal of state-of-the-art weaponry at his fingertips. Could this be the hardware that wages WW3?

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The T-90 tank: equipped with a 125mm smoothbore cannon and remote controlled anti-aircraft gun

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Firms in the UK said they had been crippled by the virus and foreign businesses and governments also claimed to have been hit.

British defence secretary Michael Fallon took a strong stance on Tuesday and said the government would consider using military force against a country that ordered a cyber attack.

The hack comes little over one month after a similar software crippled the NHS and other institutions across the globe.

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RUSSIA has warned the tensions between itself and NATO are "likely to deteriorate" as total war in Europe looks ever more likely.

Sergey Shoigu, Russias defence minister, said the growing NATO presence in Eastern Europe demonstrates blatant unwillingness of Western nations to stop pursuing an anti-Russian agenda.

Shoigu also said Russia would be forced to beef up its defence preparations amid the increased threat of war.

It is related to the growing military activity of NATO countries in Eastern Europe, Shoigu said.

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Putin has an arsenal of state-of-the-art weaponry at his fingertips. Could this be the hardware that wages WW3?

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The T-90 tank: equipped with a 125mm smoothbore cannon and remote controlled anti-aircraft gun

The ongoing developments clearly indicate blatant unwillingness of the Western partners to stop pursuing the anti-Russian agenda.

"The NATO summit in May also demonstrated that, when international terrorism and Russia were placed on the same list of threats.

The NATO buildup includes the modernisation of airfields, ports and other military sites, as well as the deployment of new US missile defence systems.

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NATO forces have been despatched to Estonia, on the Russian border, as a deterrent to increasing Russian aggression. The Ministry of Defence are calling it the largest NATO deployment to Eastern Europe since the Cold War

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20 Armoured Infantry Brigade arrive in the port of Emden, Germany to be loaded and transported to Estonia

The defence minister said NATO's enormous military drills, which involve thousands of troops as well as dozens of military planes and ships, had forced Russia to react.

Such unjustified actions of our Western colleagues lead to erosion of the global security system," he added.

"[These actions] raise mutual suspicions and push us to undertake retaliatory measures, mainly in the western strategic direction.

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WW3 IMMINENT: Russia says tensions with NATO troops 'likely to deteriorate' - Daily Star

The Express has reported that "#Russia was surrounded on all sides by #NATO forces yesterday as America and Britain kicked off a summer of war games in Kaliningrad, amid World War III fears."

The NATO army, led by a huge number of U.S. nuclear bombers that mainly consist of B-52, B-1, and B-2 stealth airplanes is surrounding Russia along the borders of their western enclave in order to confront Putin's Baltic fleet. In this operation, now called Sabra Strike, the British will provide any help that might be necessary with some of the very best of their war planes.

According to Lieutenant Richard Clark, a U.S.

air force commander, NATO clearly wants to show that they will do anything in their power to prevent any kind of conflict that might occur in the future. There is no doubt this is a bold move from NATO as these joint forces of the UK and USA clearly show that they are ready to swoop in when even the slightest possibility of conflict arises, and, if needed, they are even ready to confront Russia along the way.

Apparently, Operation Sabra Strike was launched because Russia sent a couple of their own nuclear bombers last week across the #Baltic Sea. These bombers just happen to be Tu-160 Blackjack strategic nuclear bombers, the world's largest aircraft.

There's no doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin is absolutely furious because of this bold move. It was reported that Mr.

Putin denies any kind of rumors that Russia is planning an attack on Baltic countries. He also stated that it is, in fact, NATO that is threatening the stability of whole Eastern Europe by increasing their military presence and demonstrating these types of war games.

Lieutenant Steven Venter, a U.S. Commander explains the real reason behind Operation Sabra Strike. He said that it is all for defense purposes as their main focus is to defend NATO from any kind of future attacks that might occur. According to him, there is no better way to stop the aggression than to be not only ready but a razor sharp and lethal as well.

As NATO officials firmly believe, this serious conflict in the Baltic sea will definitely lead to Moscow holding an even greater military exercise in September than was originally planned. Apparently, this exercise, that goes by the codename "Zapad", will be taking place in Russia and Belarus and it might involve up to 100,000 troops.

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How did this came about? How did the Cypriots, who are known to support the Palestinian cause, become a province of the Israeli empire?

An Israel-Europe gas pipeline deal is the answer.

In the beginning of April we learned about a proposed 2,000 kilometer subsea pipeline connecting gas fields located offshore in Gaza and Cyprus with Greece and possibly Italy.

The pipeline agreement among Israel, Italy, Cyprus and Greece leaves both the Turks and the Palestinians out. While Gaza faces a critical energy crisis with electricity reduced to less than three hours a day; Israel aims to collect billions of dollars from a significant natural gas reserve located off the Gaza shore and well within Palestinian territorial water (assuming such a term exist).

Yuval Steinitz, Israels energy minister, hailed the pipeline project expected to be in operation in 2025 as the beginning of a wonderful friendship between four Mediterranean countries. Of course, not all related Mediterranean nations are included in the deal. We can foresee that this is a recipe for disaster: the pipeline and the gas installation are soft targets. The region is volatile. Cyprus is putting its sovereignty at risk. It may, within a short time, God forbid, become a battle ground for some merciless global operators.

Cyprus leadership realises that it has to become an Israeli province if it wants an oil pipeline that dispatches plundered Palestinian natural gas. And as the video reveals, Cyprus is now protected by its Israelite big brother. The Israeli-Cypriot joint military drill was performed to deliver a message to Turkey and other regional players: any attempt to interfere with their gas theft project will be met by Israeli military brutality.

Gilad Atzmon, now living in London, was born in Israel and served in the Israeli military. He is the author of The Wandering Who and one of the most accomplished jazz saxophonists in Europe. He can be reached at: atz@onetel.net.uk. Read other articles by Gilad, or visit Gilad's website.

This article was posted on Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 at 8:28am and is filed under Cyprus, Greece, Israel/Palestine, Italy, Oil, Gas, Coal, Pipelines.

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BRIT and US soldiers were involved in a huge NATO military drill in the shadow of Russia as fears of invasion increase.

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It is NATOs first defensive drill on the border between Poland and Lithuania and involved 1,500 troops.

This comes as tensions between Vladimir Putin and the US rose at the weekend as a US jet shot down a Syrian warplane an ally of Russia.

Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, called the incident yesterday a "dangerous escalation".

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We have to demonstrate that we can support allies

It was rehearsing for a Russian invasion of the Baltic states.

if they seize the Suwalki Gap then it would cut off Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Over two days, US helicopters and British aircraft took part in exercises in a simulated defence of the potential flashpoint.

We live in turbulent times. Trump has the keys to nuclear weapons, and could end work to prevent climate change. Putin is looming in the East, the far-right are on the rise in Europe and Kim Jong-un is developing nuclear weapons of his own. Is this the END of days?

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Before his inauguration, Donald Trump asked a security expert three times during a briefing, why the US couldn't use nuclear weapons after he becomes president.

American helicopters landed in a field in rural Lithuania on Saturday, startling grazing horses and cows.

US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges said: The gap is vulnerable because of the geography. It's not inevitable that there's going to be an attack.

But if that was closed, then you have three allies that are north that are potentially isolated from the rest of the alliance.

Russia denies any plans to invade the Baltics, and says it is NATO that is threatening stability in eastern Europe.

But Hodges, who commands US forces in Europe, said it was crucial for the alliance to show it was ready.

"We have to practice, we have to demonstrate that we can support allies in keeping (the Gap) open, in maintaining that connection," he said.

Eleven NATO countries have sent 4,000 troops to Lithuania to participate in this years Iron Sword exercises.

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Members of the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade prepare a simulated attack

There are currently 4,500 troops deployed in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

The Poles have been pushing other NATO allies to use some of these troops to secure the vulnerable Suwalki Gap.

"The training helps present a credible defence force that hopefully will deter aggression, but if not, we'll be prepared to move to defend the borders of NATO," added Lieutenant Colonel Steven Gventer, who leads the US battlegroup in Orzysz.

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FORMER basketball legend Dennis Rodman risked the wrath of Kim Jong-Un during his latest visit.

Rodman has become a regular in North Korea after becoming a close friend of the Supreme Commander.

The blossoming buddies apparently bonded over their love of basketball.

And Rodman headed to Pyongyang for a fifth time this week, but the 56-year-old might not get an invite back.

As par too his visit, he showed off some of the gifts he was giving to the tubby tyrant's sports minister to cameras.

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And among the basketball shirts was a copy of Donald Trumps book The Art of the Deal.

The US President has been vocally critical of Kim Jong-Un and his despotic rule in the secretive state, leading to mounting world tensions.

Trump has previously vowed to deal with North Korea and has continued to be bullish in his behaviour.

In response, Kim Jong-Un has ordered a series of missile tests as he looks to create nuclear weapons that could reach the US mainland.

North Korean news agency KCNA has released images which show another successful missile test inside the secretive state. This is sure to heighten tensions in the already fraught Korean Peninsula

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks on during a ballistic rocket test-fire

It has led to many fearing World War Three is an inevitability as neither leader looks to back down.

Its not clear what Kim Jong-Un made of the present from his pal Rodman, who once serenaded him Happy Birthday.

Former Chicago Bulls superstar Rodman, who won three championship rings alongside Michael Jordan during the 1990s, has claimed to use previous visits as a way of bridging divides between North Korea and the outside world using basketball diplomacy.

It comes as US student Otto Warmbier who had been held in North Korea for more than 17 months after being accused of stealing a poster from his hotel room was released.

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