North Korea Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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On Monday, December 18, the DPRK carried out a training launch of the Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile. Kim Jong-un watched the rocket launch process along with his daughter. In just over an hour, the ICBM covered 1,002 kilometers, rising to a peak altitude of 6,518 kilometers. At the end of the flight, the missile successfully hit a conditional target in the Sea of Japan. When launched along a normal trajectory, optimal for flight range, at an angle of 30-45 degrees, the DPRK intercontinental missile could fly up to 15 thousand km. Exercises to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles were carried out to test the combat readiness of the republic’s nuclear war deterrent forces and confirm their mobility
Hwasong-18 looks so much like Russia's Topol ICBM that you would have to suspect there was some sort of tech transfer.
This is a massive improvement in terms of deterrence to North Korea. These missiles are much easier to hide and quicker to deploy than what they used to have.
This is a massive improvement in terms of deterrence to North Korea. These missiles are much easier to hide and quicker to deploy than what they used to have.
Unlikely as this has been in development for at least a decade with these launches being culmination of those efforts thus this result.
Topol does not have flexible nozzle as it relies of thrust vector vanes to redirect exhaust to maneuver missile while Hwasong-18 doesn't.
Latter using flexible nozzle to steer missile is same principle as Minuteman and is lighter and more efficient method to do so.
Previous solid fuel missiles developed by North Korea use TVC though those are all based on OTR-21 Tochka TVC design.
