North Korea’s ICBM Intrigue: Is Latest Missile New or Old Technology?

One thing everyone agrees on is that North Korea fired off a more powerful missile the other day. What to call it is another matter.

The Kim Jong Un regime championed it as the next-generation Hwasong-17. Japan agreed that the missile represented new technology, but South Korea said it appeared to be just a dressed up version of its predecessor, the Hwasong-15. The U.S. has stayed silent on the weapon’s nomenclature.

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