The dispute underscores the complexities of verifying North Korea's weapons development, which continues to advance despite severe international sanctions. If North Korea's latest claims are true, it would represent significant progress in their missile programme. For some time now, experts have floated the possibility of North Korea eventually developing MIRV capabilities. They also said North Korea's pictures purportedly showing the warheads and decoy separating from the missile were actually pictures of an intercontinental ballistic missile test carried out in March. Reuters Residents of South Korea's Yeonpyeong island had spotted the missile launch

Source: The North Africa Journal June 29, 2024 09:45 UTC