Experts Speculate on North Korea’s Motive for Ballistic Missile Test

North Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missile test on Wednesday is prompting analysts in Seoul to speculate about what might have motivated Pyongyang to conduct it. The missile flew 500 kilometers, an apparent leap forward for Pyongyang's technical efforts to achieve SLBM capability, which it has been pursuing since early 2015. Kim Jin-moo, a senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, said the North’s SLBM program might be more advanced than previously...

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