If North Korea follows through on its threat to turn the Pacific Ocean into a ‘firing range,’ it would allow the isolated and nuclear-armed state to make technical advances in addition to signaling its military resolve, analysts said
There have been no reports of damage or casualties from launches over Japan, but international organizations have criticized Pyongyang for conducting such tests with no warning to civil aircraft or ships.
Kim Yo Jong referenced that debate in her Monday statement, disputing claims by some experts that footage shot from Japan showed a reentry vehicle failing in flight. "If that technology is successfully implemented through the test, they will be able to attack the U.S. mainland, which is the purpose of their ICBMs," he said.
Schiller said he is not aware of any tracking vessels that North Korea positions along the flight path, and for now it doesn't have data relay satellites.South Korean officials are not wrong to note that the North's reentry vehicles are unproven, but those assertions also tempt Pyongyang to conduct the tests necessary to prove its capabilities, George William Herbert, an adjunct professor at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and a missile consultant, said on Twitter.
"The so-called Juche Bird live weapon test is a fun joke until the day they actually fire it, then will be a major geopolitical incident and radioactive fallout disaster even if 'safely' detonated high over water," Herbert said. "We shouldn’t be encouraging it by disparaging their capability."
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