N Korea fires banned missile in longest flight yet

Kim has sent a powerful message to all of North Korea's enemies with this missile launch. It was a clear show of the DPRK's strategic capabilities and credibility in terms of its nuclear deterrence. Anyone wishing to destabilize the Kim regime has now been warned that there will be consequences for that type of action.

The US and its regional allies are to blame for escalated tensions on the peninsula, and this test should wake them up about their approach to relations in this region. North Korea, Russia, and China have never been closer and the US must rethink its policies if it wants to assure its security moving forward.