North Korea missile threat could prove Trump`s first big foreign test

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"Responding to the missile test, Trump and Prime Minister Abe issued a joint statement in which Abe called the launch "absolutely intolerable. (Source: Kensho.com, returns for Japanese, Asian ex-Japan and US stocks one day after ballistic missile tests by North Korea dating back to 1998. North Korea has now conducted five nuclear tests (including two last year) and ramped up the tempo of its missile testing, launching several missiles ? many thought to be intermediate-range Musudan missiles ? in 2016. )"If North Korea is getting solid rocket motors right, then that really is a potential step function to making it harder for the United States to target these things on the ground, because they`re more mobile," he said. "The tenor of Trump`s remarks varied somewhat from his response to a fiery New Year`s Day address by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in which he suggested the country was nearing a test of a very-long-range ICBM.