North Korea Boasts Readiness By Launching ICBM At Short Notice

Hwasong-15
Credit: KCNA
SEOUL, SINGAPORE—North Korea has announced the successful execution of an unplanned firing drill that saw a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile launched at short notice on Feb. 18. State media outlet KCNA declared the country’s first unannounced exercise demonstrated the “reliability of...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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