A new open-source intelligence analysis of North Korean state-run media by missile experts has shown what appears to be the hypothetical target of the country¡¯s test-launches earlier this week: U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
On Monday, the North test-fired what experts said were likely four extended-range (ER) Scud missiles, with the official Korean Central News Agency issuing an overt claim that the drill was a rehearsal for striking U.S. military bases in Japan.
Using images released by North Korean state media ¡ª including one showing a map detailing the range of the missiles ¡ª David Schmerler and Jeffrey Lewis of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California, determined that the drill intended to simulate a nuclear attack on the base at Iwakuni.
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