North Korea ramped up its recent bevy of weapons tests on Jan. 30, firing what analysts say is the most powerful missile the isolated regime has tested in five years. Pyongyang’s seventh launch of January 2022 traveled 1,242 miles upward and landed in the ocean about 500 miles away, according to officials of the Japanese and South Korean governments. No damage or injuries were reported. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff told South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency that it detected the missile, which was fired at a steep angle from Jagang Province, North Korea, at about 7:52 a.m. local time. The military body also confirmed the distance and height that the projectile flew, while noting that the missile hit a top speed of Mach 16, or 16 times the speed of sound. “Our military is tracking and monitoring related North Korean movements and maintaining a readiness posture,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff told …
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