North Korea has tested components of a new intercontinental ballistic missile system, the Biden administration said, in what one senior official described as a “serious escalation” of North Korea’s long-range missile program.
Two recent ballistic missile tests by North Korea — both conducted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — were apparently intended to try out parts of the new missile system ahead of a full launch, which North Korea may try to disguise as a space launch for a reconnaissance satellite, U.S. officials said.
“These launches are a brazen violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, needlessly raise tensions and risk destabilizing the security situation in the region,” said the senior administration official who briefed reporters on Thursday.North Korea in 2017 tested two different ICBMs that were judged capable of striking U.S. cities.
“With the world’s attention focused on Ukraine, Kim Jong Un has signaled to the Biden administration that North Korea can’t be ignored,” said Robert Litwak, a nonproliferation expert and director of international security studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Washington think tank. Litwak described the recent tests as part of Kim’s “incremental and determined efforts to acquire the capability to threaten the U.S. homeland with a nuclear weapon.
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