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Reentry technology is crucial for ICBMs, yet North Korea seems to prioritize range over these essential capabilities,
When missiles increase in size, the launch vehicles do too, which hampers mobility,
explained Lee Sangmin, a researcher at South Korea's Korea Institute for Defense Analyses Acquiring reentry technology is currently the most important goal in North Korea’s missile development, specifically for ICBMs, but they just keep increasing the ranges instead. This possibly suggests they still lack confidence in their reentry technology,
In the event of a conflict, such an exposure makes the weapon a target of a preemptive attack by opponents so there would be a big issue of survivability,
When missiles get bigger, what happens? The vehicles get larger, too. As the transporter-erector launchers get bigger, their mobility decreases,
Lee Sangmin, an expert at South Korea’s Korea Institute for Defense Analyses The missile continues to underwrite the growing credibility of North Korea's strategic deterrent capabilities,
said Ankit Panda, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, ... adding that The new-type ICBM proved before the world that the hegemonic position we have secured in the development and manufacture of nuclear delivery means of the same kind is absolutely irreversible,
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said while overseeing the launch, ... KCNA reported It can be stored and moved anywhere, allowing for excellent mobility, stealth and survivability,
said Kim of the University of North Korean Studies The increased length likely means a greater fuel capacity, which directly affects thrust and potentially increases range,
North Korea may continue testing to see if, during the final reentry phase, the warheads can separate and each head toward individual targets,
I affirm that the DPRK [North Korea] will never change its line of bolstering up its nuclear forces."
We've not yet seen these troops deploy into combat against Ukrainian forces, but we would expect that to happen in the coming days."
It is believed the North Korea ballistic missile is a long-range ballistic missile fired at a high angle,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff had said in a statement Around 7:11 a.m. today (2217 GMT Wednesday) North Korea launched at least one ICBM-class ballistic missile from an area near Pyongyang toward the northeast,
Japanese Defense Minister General Nakatani told reporters, The test-fire is an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals... of our counteraction will,
Kim said at the launch, the official Korean Central News Agency reported The test of the latest strategic weapon system updated the recent records of the strategic missile capability of the DPRK and demonstrated the modernity and creditability of its world's most powerful strategic deterrent,
the KCNA said, using the acronym of North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region."
Confirming intelligence from Ukraine, Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte said earlier on Monday I think that the reaction to this is nothing; it has been zero,
Russia actually provided new technology for reentering the atmosphere,
said Ahn Chan-il, a defector-turned-researcher who runs the World Institute for North Korea Studies We estimate that its flying altitude was the highest we have seen,
Japanese defence minister Gen Nakatani told reporters
