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We Need to Talk About North Korea's Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles

We Need to Talk About North Korea's Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles

By Ankit Panda
Zeroing in on North Korea's intercontinental-range ballistic missiles is a counterproductive approach for the Trump administration.
Making Sense of the Third Inter-Korean Summit: What It Means and What Comes Next

Making Sense of the Third Inter-Korean Summit: What It Means and What Comes Next

By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
The historic third inter-Korean summit sets up an uncertain process ahead. What will become of the Korean Peninsula?

What Kim Jong-un Gets Out of a Self-Enforced ICBM Testing Freeze

What Kim Jong-un Gets Out of a Self-Enforced ICBM Testing Freeze

By Ankit Panda
The North Korean leader needs time to build out his nuclear forces — time that doesn't need to spent testing ICBMs, necessarily.

North Korea Is Building Monuments to Its 2 Flight-Tested ICBMs

North Korea Is Building Monuments to Its 2 Flight-Tested ICBMs

By Ankit Panda
Open-source analysis finds an interesting use for North Korea's old ICBM launch sites.

What Does Trump Mean When Alluding to a North Korean 'Missile Test' Freeze?

What Does Trump Mean When Alluding to a North Korean 'Missile Test' Freeze?

By Ankit Panda
The Trump administration should sweat the details on North Korea's ballistic missile testing freeze assurances.
Analyzing North Korea's 2018 Military Parade: The Missiles and the Launchers

Analyzing North Korea's 2018 Military Parade: The Missiles and the Launchers

By Ankit Panda
What can we learn from what North Korea showed and didn't show at its 2018 military parade?

North Korea's Pre-Olympics Military Parade

North Korea's Pre-Olympics Military Parade

By Ankit Panda
The parade mostly featured familiar missiles, but offered important insight into Kim Jong-un's ambition.
What to Watch For at North Korea's Upcoming Military Parade

What to Watch For at North Korea's Upcoming Military Parade

By Ankit Panda
Count the number of ICBM launch vehicles.

3 Takeaways From Kim Jong-un's 2018 New Year's Address

3 Takeaways From Kim Jong-un's 2018 New Year's Address

By Ankit Panda
What's on Kim Jong-un's mind? Nuclear buttons, an Olympics overture, and a call to arms for self-reliance as sanctions bear down.

North Korea's Nuclear Threat Reaches New Heights, But US Policy Remains Unchanged

North Korea's Nuclear Threat Reaches New Heights, But US Policy Remains Unchanged

By Ankit Panda
The introduction of the Hwasong-15 probably will do little to cause the United States to change its policy course.

The Hwasong-15: The Anatomy of North Korea's New ICBM

The Hwasong-15: The Anatomy of North Korea's New ICBM

By Ankit Panda
Is the Hwasong-15 the apotheosis of North Korea's ballistic missile program?
The Case Against Nukes in South Korea

The Case Against Nukes in South Korea

By Bruce Klingner
Nuclear weapons aren't a solution to growing South Korean doubts about U.S. resolve and commitment.

US Treasury Designates Chinese Firm That Transferred ICBM-Toting Heavy Trucks to North Korea

US Treasury Designates Chinese Firm That Transferred ICBM-Toting Heavy Trucks to North Korea

By Ankit Panda
China-based Wuhan Sanjiang sees new U.S. Treasury sanctions.
South Korea in the Storm: Managing the US Alliance and North Korea

South Korea in the Storm: Managing the US Alliance and North Korea

By Ankit Panda
Steven Denney returns to discuss the Moon Jae-in administration's acclimation to the North Korea threat.

US Should Assume North Korea Has Nuclear ICBM Capability Today: US Joint Chiefs Chairman

US Should Assume North Korea Has Nuclear ICBM Capability Today: US Joint Chiefs Chairman

By Ankit Panda
Gen. Joseph Dunford recommends that the U.S. plan as if North Korea can strike today with an ICBM.

North Korea’s Sixth Nuclear Test: Strong Tremor Felt in China

North Korea’s Sixth Nuclear Test: Strong Tremor Felt in China

By Charlotte Gao
China Earthquake Administration detected an explosion equal to a 6.3-magnitude earthquake.

North Korea Carries Out Sixth Nuclear Test of Claimed Two-Stage Thermonuclear Bomb

North Korea Carries Out Sixth Nuclear Test of Claimed Two-Stage Thermonuclear Bomb

By Ankit Panda
North Korea claims to have tested a two-stage thermonuclear device ready for use in an ICBM.
Something New, Something Old: North Korea's Next Missiles

Something New, Something Old: North Korea's Next Missiles

By Ankit Panda
The Pukkuksong-3 SLBM enters the scene and an old name, the Hwasong-13 ICBM, makes a return.

Will the US Learn to Accept the Reality of North Korea's Nuclear-Tipped Missiles?

Will the US Learn to Accept the Reality of North Korea's Nuclear-Tipped Missiles?

By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Is the United States going to be able to accept the reality about North Korea's nuclear-tipped missiles?
North Korea Has Already Crossed Moon Jae-in's Red Line

North Korea Has Already Crossed Moon Jae-in's Red Line

By Ankit Panda
The South Korean president's latest red line has already been transgressed by North Korea's Hwasong-14 missile.

North Korea's New High-Performance Missile Engines Likely Weren't Made in Russia or Ukraine

North Korea's New High-Performance Missile Engines Likely Weren't Made in Russia or Ukraine

By Ankit Panda
However, U.S. intelligence has a good idea of the kind of engine North Korea is using in its new long-range missiles.

How Trump Can Enforce His 'Red Line' on North Korea's ICBM Without War

How Trump Can Enforce His 'Red Line' on North Korea's ICBM Without War

By Ankit Panda
Is massive spending on missile defense the Trump administration's answer to its red line problem with North Korea?

US Intelligence: North Korea's ICBM Reentry Vehicles Are Likely Good Enough to Hit the Continental US

US Intelligence: North Korea's ICBM Reentry Vehicles Are Likely Good Enough to Hit the Continental US

By Ankit Panda
North Korea's reentry vehicle technology is likely where it needs it to be, but it may choose to test to longer ranges.
North Korea Rebukes Russia’s Denial of Its ICBM Launch

North Korea Rebukes Russia’s Denial of Its ICBM Launch

By Charlotte Gao
Russia called North Korea's missile fired on July 4 an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) rather than an ICBM

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