This North Korean Missile Test ‘Changed the Entire Structure of the World’

This North Korean Missile Test ‘Changed the Entire Structure of the World’

July 4, 2025, marks eight years since North Korea first demonstrated the ability to launch nuclear strikes against the United States mainland with the successful test of the new Hwasong-14 ballistic missile. In what would prove to be a pivotal moment in the East Asian state’s seven decades long conflict with the United States, the test was the first of three that year demonstrating an effective intercontinental range strike capability, which exp…