N Korea fires banned missile in longest flight yet

Published OCT 31 2024

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Above: On October 31, 2024, at a train stop in Seoul, a man is watching the news on TV. The TV screen shows pictures of a North Korean missile test. The military in South Korea said that North Korea fired a "long-range ballistic missile" on October 31. Image copyright: JUNG YEON-JE / Contributor / AFP via Getty Images***PLEASE REPLACE WATERMARKED IMAGE***

The Spin

As Election Day for the US presidential election approaches, North Korea's recentlatest test launch of anthe intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) aimedcapable atof striking the continental US should send chockwavesshockwaves through the US foreign affairspolicy establishment. North Korea is escalatingraising regional tensions, and withPyongyang's the test launch Pyongyangsignificantly isthreatens seriously challenges US national security.

CTVNews

Kim Jung Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, sent a powerful message to all of his enemes with Thursday's ICBM test. It was a clear show of the DPRK's strategic capabilities and credibility in terms of its nuclear deterrence.

Metaculus Prediction

There is an 18% chance that North and South Korea will be at war before 2050, according to WPR and the Meteaculus prediction community.

N Korea fires banned missile in longest flight yet

N Korea fires banned missile in longest flight yet

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