New Missile Tests Part of North Korea's Nuke Plan

A man watches a television news screen showing a picture of North Korea's recent test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at a railway station in Seoul on March 17. (Getty Images)
 

By    |   Friday, 24 March 2023 07:16 AM EDT ET

After a record year of missile tests in 2022, North Korea has spent the last several weeks unleashing a flurry of further launches, checking out different systems that experts say are part of a long-term nuclear weapons plan for despot Kim Jong Un.

One of the Hermit Kingdom's latest test involved firing a short-range ballistic missile toward the waters off its western coast amid ongoing U.S.-South Korean drills, according to South Korea's military.

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After a record year of missile tests in 2022, North Korea has spent the last several weeks unleashing a flurry of further launches, checking out different systems that experts say are part of a long-term nuclear weapons plan for despot Kim Jong Un.
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