JUDY WOODRUFF: North Korea today hailed its test of a new intermediate-range missile and claimed that it can now hit U.S. bases in the Pacific with a nuclear warhead.
State TV broadcast footage of Sunday’s launch. The missile traveled nearly 500 miles, but analysts said it could have a maximum range of 2,500 miles.
So, just where is the North in its development of missile technology and its nuclear program?
For that, we turn to Jeffrey Lewis. He’s the director of the East Asia Non-Proliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California.
Jeffrey Lewis, thank you very much for joining …read more
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