Angela Merkel uses eyes and hands to try and convince Putin that North Korea fired an ICBM

The determination that North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week is based on the extrapolation of its range if aimed on a standard trajectory rather than the very steep trajectory of its actual launch, as illustrated below:


In conversation with Vladamir Putin today, Angela Merkel appears to have had difficulty in pressing home the argument as her eyes tracked the steep trajectory of the missile:


Then she resorted to hand motions:

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One thought on “Angela Merkel uses eyes and hands to try and convince Putin that North Korea fired an ICBM”

  1. Dieter Heymann

    Putin speaks German fluently and Angela can answer in Russian. No translators needed.

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