I stumbled upon this article this week and I thought it fit in perfectly with what we have been reading and discussing in class. North Korea recently had a military parade and this is significant because their last one was two years ago. In this parade though, they displayed ICBMs which they don't typically display. Also this ICBM is way larger than any other they had shown off. ICBMs are intercontinental ballistic missiles. These types of missiles are for long range targets to deliver a nuclear warhead. This of course is concerning because with a bigger missile there is the possibility of North Korea targeting a farther location. The parades are usually to show off new types of weapons and that's exactly what they did. Kim Jong-Un continues to say that North Korea's nuclear arsenal is for deterrence and self defense. Long range missiles don't exactly give off the image of self defense though. World leaders are then flung back into the cycle of being concerned about North Korean nuclear buildup and not really being able to do anything about it. This is after Kim has meet with Trump on several occasions and South Korea's president two years ago. North Korea's growing arsenal sees no end in sight despite the effort of world leaders.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54491657
Jimmy Oropeza
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