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Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Politics
Morten Soendergaard Larsen, Andrea R. Mihailescu, Doug Bandow, Morten Soendergaard Larsen

North Korea’s Huge New Missile Sends a Message to Washington

A man watches a broadcast of North Korea's military parade commemorating the ruling party's 75th anniversary in Seoul on Oct. 10. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea unveiled a massive new intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday at a parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea, a signal to Washington that the regime is committed to advancing its long-range strike capabilities despite years of on-again, off-again diplomatic outreach with the United States.

The new missile, which capped the early-morning military parade, is believed to be one of the largest liquid-fueled, truck-carried ICBMs in the world, potentially with the ability to carry multiple nuclear warheads as far as the continental United States. 

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