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Detailed explanation-1: -North Korea unveils ‘record’ number of ICBMs at military parade .

Detailed explanation-2: -China officially surpassed the U.S. in total land-based nuclear missile launchers, U.S. Strategic Command told Congress last month, but the American nuclear triad still comprises greater stockpiles of missiles and warheads.

Detailed explanation-3: -Recent News. ICBM, in full intercontinental ballistic missile, Land-based, nuclear-armed ballistic missile with a range of more than 3, 500 miles (5, 600 km). Only the United States, Russia, and China field land-based missiles of this range.

Detailed explanation-4: -Russia, the United States, China, North Korea, India, Israel and Iran are the only countries currently known to possess land-based ICBMs.