North Korea’s ‘Irresponsible’ Missile Tests Ignore International Aviation Rules

Ashley Burns

Thursday, August 03, 2017 at 08:29 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

North Korea successfully conducted its second Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test in a month, which U.S. officials labeled a "grave threat" due to its defiance of international norms.
The unannounced missile tests pose significant risks to civil aviation and shipping, as highlighted by an Air France flight narrowly missing the missile's landing zone by minutes.
Pentagon officials criticize North Korea for launching missiles without coordination or issuing warnings, a practice that endangers commercial aircraft and vessels and disregards international aviation safety requirements.

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Last Friday, for the second time in a month, North Korea successfully tested an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The White House’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, called this development in the country’s ambitious nuclear quest a “grave threat,” because of Kim Jong-Un’s “open defiance of the international community.”