The Australian raises concern that North Korea's latest missile test underscores Pyongyangs rapid advance in technology.
The Australian explains that the successful launch comes just three weeks after North Korea surprised the world with its first ever intercontinental ballistic missile test.
North Korea's Hwasong-14 missile reached an altitude of 3724.9 km and flew 998 km for 47 minutes and 12 seconds before landing in the waters off the Korean peninsula's east coast, KCNA said.
Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies said the launch showed Los Angeles was within range of a North Korean missile, with Chicago, New York and Washington just out of reach.
According to the Australian, General Mark Milley, the US Army chief of staff, warned that time is running out for a diplomatic solution with North Korea, and Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the U.S. has military options if necessary.
It is not unimaginable to have military options to respond to North Koreas nuclear capability, Gen. Dunford said at the Aspen Security Forum. What is unimaginable to me is allowing the capability to allow nuclear weapons to land in Denver, Colorado. My job will be to develop military options to make sure that doesnt happen.
