The Biden administration says two North Korean missile launches in recent weeks were test firings of a powerful new long-range ICBM and warned that a full-range test could soon follow.
Multiple UN Security Council resolutions prohibit North Korea from firing ICBMs, and the U.S. will announce a new round of sanctions on Friday meant to make it more difficult for the country to access technology needed for its weapons programs, according to a senior U.S. administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the upcoming action.
The new missile was first revealed to the public in 2020 during celebrations marking the 75th birthday of North Korea’s Communist Party in Pyongyang. It appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile that is larger than any of the North’s known ICBMs. The senior U.S. official who commented on Thursday did not estimate the maximum range.
Since taking office last year, the Biden administration has reached out multiple times to North Korea in an effort to bring it back to the negotiating table after three rounds of Trump meetings with leader Kim Jong-un aimed at denuclearizing the Korean peninsula brought no appreciable change in the North Korean posture.
The U.S. official said the American intelligence assessment was generated and shared in consultation with allies in the region, including South Korea and Japan.Last week, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the March 4 missile was fired from an area near the North Korean capital and flew about 270 kilometers eastward at a maximum altitude of 560 kilometers before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
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