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North Korean Missile Program Nears its Peak

North Korean Missile Program Nears its Peak

Days after threatening a missile test aimed at the waters off the coast of the American territory of Guam and just ahead of the annual U.S.-South Korea military exercises taking place this week, Pyongyang released new propaganda posters highlighting the success of its recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests.

“The entire U.S. mainland is within range of our missiles!” reads a poster showing several North Korean missiles striking a map of the United States engulfed in flames.

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