Kim Jong Un's Hypersonic Posturing: A Calculated Move in a Familiar Game The latest missile tests by North Korea have sent shockwaves across the region.
Photos and reports indicate that the regime has successfully developed a new weapons system described as hypersonic, with Kim Jong Un observing the launches alongside his teenage daughter, widely seen as a potential successor.
This carefully choreographed display of military might is designed to send a message both to the international community and to his own people.