Will North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Welcome The New Biden Administration With A Major Missile Launch?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a ceremony for the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, January 14, 2021. KCNA via REUTERS 

Washington Post: North Korea’s Kim could be planning missile launch to welcome Biden administration 

TOKYO —North Korea appears to be taking steps toward a new test of a powerful submarine-launched missile, U.S. weapons experts said, as it steadily dials up the pressure on President-elect Joe Biden. 

Last week, a beaming Kim Jong Un presided over another demonstration of his country’s military might in a nighttime parade in Pyongyang, kicked off with a firework display. 

Now, it appears he might be planning a very different firework display to greet the incoming U.S. president. On show at the parade was a new ballistic missile designed to be launched from a submarine, with state media over-enthusiastically describing it as “the world’s most powerful weapon.” 

Satellite evidence has emerged of work at a naval base in the port city of Nampo on the country’s west coast that suggests preparations could be underway for a test launch of a similar missile. 

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WNU Editor: I would be surprised if the North Korean regime conducts a missile test at the start of the Biden administration. He is going to give a few months for the Biden administration to get organized. I think this analysis is accurate .... North Korea's Kim Talks Of New Weapons, But Leaves Door Open For Biden (NPR).