North Korea Tests 7 Missiles 'To Get President Biden's Attention'
Newsy
The latest missile is the longest-range weapon the country has tested since 2017. It traveled about 500 miles on a near 30-minute flight.
North Korea has performed its seventh January missile test — its boldest in five years.
State media announced the isolated country launched the Hwasong-12 on Sunday. The intermediate-range ballistic missile is capable of striking U.S. citizens and military bases in Guam, and it's the longest-range weapon North Korea has tested since 2017.
"Kim is trying to get the U.S.' attention," said Ken Gause, director of Adversary Analytics at CNA. "The Biden administration has been distracted with other foreign policy issues such as Ukraine, and it's also a very conventional administration that doesn't really want to be seen as rewarding bad behavior by engaging North Korea. So therefore, North Korea feels that it has to raise the stakes."
