On Thursday morning, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in violation of UN sanctions. According to South Korea and Japan, the ICBM flew for 86 minutes before falling into the water.

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The launch is believed to be the longest time an ICBM from North Korea has ever been in the air. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Pyongyang fired the missile at a "lofted angle," meaning it rose almost vertically instead of moving horizontally.

According to Japan, which monitored the ICBM's trajectory, it traveled at an altitude of over 7K kilometers for approximately 620 miles (1,050 kilometers) before landing in the water just outside Japan's exclusive economic zone

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The spokesperson for the Japanese government, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, condemned the launch, describing it as "an outrageous act that escalates tensions for the international community as a whole."

Mr. Hayashi informed reporters that if the ICBM had been launched on a normal trajectory, it could potentially travel over 15K kilometers, meaning it could reach the US mainland.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly witnessed the missile test launch, as stated by the state news agency KCNA. During the event, he issued a warning to his adversaries, stating that the ICBM test was a strong message to those who had intentionally escalated tensions in the region.

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As Election Day for the US presidential election approaches, North Korea's recent test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) aimed at striking the continental US should send chockwaves through the US foreign affairs establishment. North Korea is escalating regional tensions and with the test launch Pyongyang is seriously challenges US national security.

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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.

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

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The DPRK violated several UN Security Council resolutions by launching an ICBM Thursday morning. To maintain peace and security across the Korean Peninsula and beyond, Pyongyang must stop its provocative and destabilizing acts. North Korea must promptly resume talks. The US and its regional partners condemn the North Korea-Russia military cooperation, denouncing its illegal weapons transfers and the recent deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia.

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As the US presidential election approaches, North Korea's latest test launch of the ICBM capable of striking the continental US should send shockwaves through the US foreign policy establishment. North Korea is raising regional tensions, and Pyongyang's test launch significantly threatens US national security.

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