IN-DEPTH: Is North Korea’s New Missile a Game-Changer?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a hall displaying what appear to be various types of warheads designed to be mounted on missiles or rocket launchers in undisclosed location in North Korea on March 27, 2023. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

News Analysis

North Korea’s 40-minute test launch of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile on April 13 sparked evacuations on Japan’s Hokkaido Island, and analysts to sound the alarm that the new missile would make it easier for the regime to facilitate a nuclear attack.