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North Korea has performed its first ballistic missile tests in five months, days before U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea.
North Korea test-fired two hypersonic missiles on Wednesday, prompting protests from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, which described the tests as unlawful and destabilizing. State media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday reported North Korea’s Missile Administration launched two hypersonic missiles from Ryokpho District,
Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, A House of Dynamite, is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself.
Thus far, only Russia, the US, China, and possibly North Korea had the capability of launching long range ballistic missiles from rail-based platforms. India now joins this club.