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This Is Why North Korea's Latest Missile Launch Is So Concerning
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Saturday marked another breakthrough in North Korea's broad array of missile programs.
Pyongyang successfully launched a new system that could target U.S. military bases in Guam. North Korea is now one step closer to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile that could eventually threaten the continental United States.
Pyongyang announced that the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile flew 490 miles, but at an angle of 1,300 miles. Experts assess that, had the missile been flown at a normal trajectory, it could have reached 2,800 miles. Guam is 2,200 miles from North Korea.
The regime declared the missile can carry a "large-size heavy nuclear warhead."
When first revealed in last month's military parade in Pyongyang, the Hwasong-12 appeared to be a shortened version of the KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile.
It may be a replacement or augmentation for the Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile, even as it tests technologies for the KN-08 ICBM.
Saturday's successful launch means Pyongyang's quest to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile is progressing more quickly than previously thought.
This January, analysts greeted with skepticism Kim Jong Un's claim that he had an ICBM in the "late stages of development." There are far fewer skeptics today.
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