North Korea Launches First ICBM Since 2017 in Already Tense Nuclear Environment

North Korea tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile early Thursday that landed in the Sea of Japan, the first ICBM test conducted by the country since 2017. Experts believe the missile could have been the Hwasong-17, a “monster” ICBM first revealed in October of 2020, but there’s no confirmation on that speculation yet.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reports the ICBM was launched at 2:34 p.m. local time (1:34 a.m. ET) and the missile flew 1,080 km, rea