Harder, better, faster: North Korea ups the ante with test of improved missile
Timing of latest launch with UN Security Council meeting underlines that DPRK is unlikely to face consequences
Kim Jong Un is brazenly bolstering his weapons arsenal with missiles that could one day bring unimaginable destruction, and yet he’s almost certainly going to get away with it once again.
Just as the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) finished discussing last Wednesday’s launch, North Korea fired its second missile of 2022 — potentially another “hypersonic” missile test.
While DPRK state media usually reveals specifics the following day, South Korea said the missile appears to be more “advanced” than the one tested last week, flying 435 miles (700 km), peaking at 37.3 miles (60 km) and reaching Mach 10, or