Suspected North Korean Hypersonic Missile Explodes After Test Launch

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Topline North Korea test-fired a suspected hypersonic missile Wednesday which exploded mid-flight, South Korean military authorities said, in a launch that comes amid growing tensions in the peninsula involving military drills, mutual defense pacts, border breaches and trash balloons among other things. A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean ... [+] missile test, at a train station in Seoul. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts The South Korean military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch took place from an area near North Korea’s capital Pyongyang at around 5.30 a.m....