North Korean state television released multiple angles of a successful launch of one of their newest hypersonic weapons, the Hwasong-16B intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) on April 2, 2024.

Hypersonics pose a serious threat to the region as they are nuclear capable, nearly impossible to shoot down, and some models have extreme long range capabilities allowing them to strike with precision far from their point of lunch.

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Will Killmore is a US Army combat infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 172nd Stryker Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Following his time in service, he successfully pursued a certificate of journalism and has been a blogger for Funker530 since 2014. Follow Will’s bad takes on Twitter