As much of analyzing North Korean actions is, at best, educated guesswork due to the opaque nature of the regime and the country, the answer is: it depends.
If Pyongyang just successfully launched a hypersonic missile for the second time, that could be an immediate reason for the US to worry and possibly also Israel, if the technology ever found its way to Iran.
A hypersonic missile is much faster and takes a different flight path than a regular ballistic missile, flying part of its journey lower to the ground where it is harder to detect by radar and also considered more maneuverable than a ballistic missile.
Put simply, a hypersonic missile is much harder to shoot down. READ MORE
