The new arms race on the Korean Peninsula
Despite exaggerations and inevitable setbacks, North Korea’s missile test programme is increasingly impressive. The launch on Thursday of a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, by North Korea is the latest test in a growing arms race between North and South Korea. Flying for more than 67 minutes, the missile reached a height 15 times higher than the International Space Station before splashing down into the Sea of Japan. This recent success highlighted an expanding North Korean missile development programme that is as impressive as it is worrying to North Korea’s enemies. As the North attempts to show off new systems, discoveries by analysts have cast doubt on North Korea’s recent achievements and according to South Korean media sources, officials are examining whether Thursday’s launch was of the type of missile that North Korea claimed. Thursday’s launch looked like the successful test of a new missile type, a heavy ICBM, rumoured to be able to carry multiple wa...
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