First, Neighbors at Risk
KN-11
600
Scud missiles
180–600 miles
Nodong
800
North
Korea
China
Japan
KN-11
600
Scud missiles
180–600
Nodong
800 miles
North
Korea
Japan
China
KN-11
600
Scud missiles
180–600
Nodong
800 miles
North
Korea
Japan
China
KN-11
600
Scud missiles
180–600
Nodong
800 miles
North
Korea
Japan
China
North
Korea
China
Japan
Scud missiles
180–600
Nodong
800 miles
KN-11
600
North Korea has had the ability to launch short-range missiles that can reach its neighbors, including South Korea and Japan, for decades.
Then, Guam Within Range
Hwasong-12
3,000 miles
Russia
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
North
Korea
China
Japan
India
Myanmar
Guam
Vietnam
Hwasong-12
3,000 miles
Russia
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
North
Korea
China
Japan
India
Philippines
Myanmar
Guam
Vietnam
Hwasong-12
3,000 miles
Russia
North
Korea
Mongolia
China
Japan
India
Myanmar
Guam
Hwasong-12
3,000 miles
Russia
North
Korea
China
Japan
India
Guam
Hwasong-12
3,000 miles
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North
Korea
China
Japan
India
Guam
After years of trying to build a reliable intermediate-range ballistic missile that could target American military bases in Guam, North Korea successfully launched a missile in mid-May believed to have a range long enough to reach the Pacific island.
Now, a Threat to Continental U.S.
Ireland
Iceland
Spain
Hwasong-14
6,500 miles
United
States
France
Greenland
(Denmark)
Britain
Canada
Mexico
Libya
Egypt
Iraq
Sudan
Russia
Kazakhstan
Saudi
Arabia
Iran
Ethiopia
Mongolia
Pakistan
North
Korea
Kenya
Oman
China
Japan
India
Somalia
Myanmar
Guam
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Papua New
Guinea
Indonesia
Australia
New
Zealand
Ireland
Iceland
Spain
Hwasong-14
6,500 miles
United
States
Greenland
(Denmark)
France
Britain
Canada
Mexico
Libya
Egypt
Iraq
Sudan
Russia
Kazakhstan
Saudi
Arabia
Iran
Ethiopia
Mongolia
Pakistan
North
Korea
Kenya
China
Japan
India
Somalia
Philippines
Myanmar
Guam
Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Papua New
Guinea
Indonesia
Australia
New
Zealand
Ireland
Iceland
Spain
Hwasong-14
6,500 miles
Greenland
(Denmark)
France
United
States
Britain
Canada
Mexico
Libya
Egypt
Russia
Sudan
Iran
North
Korea
Mongolia
China
Japan
India
Somalia
Myanmar
Guam
Papua New
Guinea
Indonesia
Australia
New
Zealand
Hwasong-14
6,500 miles
Britain
United
States
Greenland
(Denmark)
Canada
Mexico
Russia
Sudan
Iran
North
Korea
China
Japan
India
Somalia
Guam
Papua
New Guinea
Indonesia
Australia
New
Zealand
Hwasong-14
6,500
miles
Britain
U.S.
Canada
Mexico
Russia
Iran
North
Korea
China
Japan
India
Guam
Australia
In July, for the first time, North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, called Hwasong-14. The first test appeared to show the North could hit Alaska, and possibly San Diego, while the second pushed the range to somewhere between Denver and Chicago, according to David Schmerler, a research associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
Experts say that all of North Korea’s long-range ballistic missiles were designed to deliver nuclear warheads, but questions remain about nuclear payload miniaturization and their warhead’s ability to survive atmospheric re-entry.