SEOUL (Reuters) - Last month, a rocket launched by North Korea soared to an altitude five times higher than the International Space Station. A Reuters analysis of publicly available data shows how that may have brought leader Kim Jong Un closer to his goal of producing a missile to hit the United States.
The principle, experts say, is that the higher a rocket can travel, the further it can reach. See an interactive graphic here: (http://tmsnrt.rs/2t0oSv7).
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