North Korea’s pre–party congress rocket test and pledge to expand its nuclear deterrent signal that Kim Jong Un is preparing more provocations going forward—not from confidence, but from deepening insecurity, having watched sanctioned regimes like Iran and Venezuela begin to fall under U.S. pressure.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warned that Kim Jong Un remains committed to expanding North Korea’s nuclear arsenal.

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