South Korea’s military says a North Korean missile fired from its capital region exploded in mid-air in an apparent failed launch
However, the North in 2017 flew more powerful intermediate-range missiles over Japan and conducted three successful test-flights of ICBMs that demonstrated a potential range to strike deep into the U.S. mainland.
In the two recent launches on Feb. 27 and March 5, the North Korean missiles flew medium-range distances, and experts have said North Korea could eventually perform a full-range ICBM test. The Hwasong-17 is North Korea’s biggest missile, which could potentially fly up to 15,000 kilometers , far enough to strike anywhere in the U.S. and beyond. The 25-meter missile, which was shown again at a defense exhibition in Pyongyang last year, has yet to be test-launched.
North Korea will likely call its potential new ICBM test a rocket launch to place a reconnaissance satellite in space, not a weapons test. That could invite condemnation but likely no fresh U.N. sanctions, some analysts say, since Russia and China wield vetoes on the Security Council and would oppose it.
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