Mike had the news on the North Korea carries out another ballistic missile test
More details on it now.
This via WSJ (may be gated): Inside North Korea's Accelerated Plan to Build a Viable Missile
- its most-sophisticated missile yet
- In the past three years, North Korea has launched more major missiles than in the three previous decades combined
- On Sunday, North Korea launched a newly-developed intermediate-range missile
- Initial projections from several experts suggested it would be able to reach U.S. military forces in Guam
Plenty more at the Journal link above
Reuters have an ungated article:
- a newly developed mid-to-long range missile
- test ... aimed at verifying the capability to carry a "large scale heavy nuclear warhead
- ballistic missile ... landed in the sea near Russia on Sunday
- missile was launched at the highest angle ... flew 787 kilometers (490 miles) reaching an altitude of 2,111.5 kilometers (1,312 miles), KCNA said
- "The test-fire aimed at verifying the tactical and technological specifications of the newly developed ballistic rocket capable of carrying a large-size heavy nuclear warhead," KCNA said. "If the U.S. awkwardly attempts to provoke the DPRK, it will not escape from the biggest disaster in the history, Kim said, strongly warning the U.S. should not to disregard or misjudge the reality that its mainland and Pacific operation region are in the DPRK's sighting range for strike and that it has all powerful means for retaliatory strike," KCNA said.
