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 deemed a "grave threat" due to its defiance of international norms.
The missile's landing spot in the Sea of Japan was dangerously close to the flight path of a commercial Air France jet carrying 323 people, raising significant concerns about civil aviation safety.
North Korea failed to issue any prior warnings for the missile test, unlike "responsible" nations and international requirements, creating an uncoordinated risk to commercial aircraft and shipping vessels.

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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.”