North Korea's Sohae Satellite Launch Station, as seen by a satellite in November 2012.
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North Korea has always talked the talk, and now it seems to be walking the walk as never before.
The nuclear-armed rogue nation appears to be making progress on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which could conceivably allow the Hermit Kingdom to make good on its oft-repeated threat to turn major American cities into "seas of fire," experts say.
"They've probably reached the point where they're going to need to start testing the missiles themselves — the whole system," said Joel Wit, senior fellow at the U.S.-Korea Institute (USKI) at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. "Most people think that could come sometime this year." [Images: North Korea's Rocket Program] https://www.livescience.com/57889-north-korea-intercontinental-ballistic-missiles-threat.html
