From its very first public appearance, the illusive “Musudan” (Hwasong-10) medium range ballistic missile (MRBM) was in the heart of a controversy among analysts around the globe. Far too many dismissed the chunky missile as being nothing more than a propaganda stunt, a mockup, and perhaps just a wishful thinking of Kim Jong Un. Then came the horrific sequence of launch failures – and the consensus shifted toward “a real missile, perhaps, but very far from being operational soon”. Then came the dual launch of June 22. Two missiles were successfully launched by the missile forces of North Korea. What