Is Kim Jong Un preparing for another Korean War?
Is this supposed to keep the US out of it?
North Korea tests 'submarine-launched' ballistic missile
North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Saturday off its east coast, South Korea said, amid concerns that the isolated state might conduct a nuclear test or a missile launch ahead of a ruling party meeting in May.
The North fired the missile to the northeast from an area off its east coast at about 6:30 p.m. (0930 GMT), the South's office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
North Korea will hold a congress of its ruling Workers' Party in early May for the first time in 36 years, at which its leader Kim Jong Un is expected to say the country is a strong military power and a nuclear state.
Is Kim Jong Un about to test another nuclear bomb?
While some pundits dismiss a North Korean nuclear capability as still several years away, U.S. and South Korean officials have said that Pyongyang has developed nuclear weapons for its No Dong MRBM that would threaten Japan and South Korea.
Moreover, the U.S. commanders of the Pacific Command, the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. forces in Korea last year stated their belief that Pyongyang had the ability to target the continental United States with a nuclear ICBM.
After analyzing North Korea’s liquid-fueled rocket engine test on March 24, several nongovernment experts concluded that the KN-08 ICBM has a longer range than previously assessed.
The test showed that the KN-08 first stage uses Musudan rather than No Dong engines, along with a more capable fuel.
That means the KN-08 would be able to reach throughout the U.S., including New York City and Washington, rather than just the Pacific Northwest.
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