In a significant escalation of its maritime posture, North Korea conducted live-fire sea trials of strategic, nuclear-capable cruise missiles and automated naval weapons aboard its newly repaired 5,000-ton destroyer, the Kang Kon, according to a report by the Associated Press (A.P.). The drill, personally supervised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, marks the latest development in Pyongyang’s strategic pivot toward building a nuclear-armed sur…
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