N Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile: Seoul

North Korea previously fired an SLBM on April 23 in a test hailed as an “eye-opening success” by leader Kim Jong-Un,

curious to know dear leader's comment...about today's launch (!)

I'd say 'No comment', some14some.

Possibly a launch commander taken around the back of the shed, never to return, as well.

Defiance is what you get from someone who doesn't recognize your authority. Yesterday there were more sanctions against NK. Mean anything?

SLBM

vs

THAAD

Help, it's an acronym arms race! Where will it end... untweetable acronyms?

the North warned US sanctions against its leader amounted to a “declaration of war”

Give me my cheese and cognac or else I'll . . . !

North Korea's continued missile and nuclear development has nothing to do with THAAD since it's been going on non-stop for decades now despite condemnations, sanctions, deals, aid, fuel, whatever. And it's only because North Korea's continuous utter disinterest in cooperation that South Korea wants the THAAD in the first place. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that China could shut the Kim regime down in a heartbeat, if they really wanted to. But having a mad dog on a leash can be advantageous.