North Korea Tests Hypersonic Missile

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North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile designed to strike remote Pacific targets

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North Korea says its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile.

South Korea says it detected North Korea launching a missile that flew 1,100 kilometers ( 685 miles ) The launch came off a torrid year in weapons testing.

The launch took place while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul .

Kim ’s strengthened position — built on his expanded nuclear arsenal, deepening alliance with Russia and the weakening enforcement of U.S. international sanctions — presents new challenges to resolving the nuclear standoff, experts say. Support Provided By: Learn more Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm..

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