[ETL]

I seriously doubt, in this day and age, something like this could be kept ‘secret’. If NK didn’t have the tools to detect the movement, certainly Russia and the ChiComs do. Anyway, they may have wanted them to know they were going to be there to shoot it down.

[Broker]

WSJ news headline; Iran will purchase these missles. The NK launch and likely Japanese intercept is a most noteworthy marketing demonstration.

Best case: It blows on the pad. Worse case: It splashes 1,500 miles out in the Pacific Ocean.