North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles<br />Kim said that They’re showing off all the associated technologies you need for credible deployments.<br />By CHOE SANG-HUN, DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROADAPRIL 15, 2017<br />SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a ballistic missile Sunday morning from near its submarine base in Sinpo on its east coast,<br />but the launch failed, according to the South Korean military.<br />On Saturday, what analysts say were three types of intercontinental ballistic missiles rolled through Pyongyang, the North’s capital, as the country tried to demonstrate<br />that its military reach is expanding at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.<br />To military analysts scrutinizing North Korea’s broadcast of the parade, the most noteworthy element<br />seemed to be three types of long-range ballistic missiles, one of them apparently new.<br />They said the intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs,<br />that had been displayed in recent North Korean military parades might have been mock-ups of systems still under development.<br />On Friday, the North Korean military threatened to launch its own pre-emptive<br />nuclear strikes at American military bases in South Korea, Japan and beyond.<br />Shin said that Given the size, it looks like it contains a new ballistic missile with a range of at least 6,000 kilometers,
