Hwasong-14: All you need to know about North Korea’s missiles program

Описание: "The Hwasong-14 is not a lone flight test. Since 1998, the North has tested hundreds of missiles repeatedly, with frequency soaring since the start of Kim Jong-un's rule in 2011. In science, there's no such thing as failure. All these tests are an accumulation of data to learn from mistakes, modify technology and get better. The North Koreans are not stupid. They've been working on this for decades."

From testing scuds like the KN-02 in the 1980s, to the first test of its mid-range Nodong missile in the 1990s, to long-range Taepodong-2 missiles in 2009. And in 2017, an ICBM.
North Korea reportedly has thousands of missiles that could hit South Korea or Japan, but after adding the Hwasong-14 to its arsenal, it may now have the ability to hit the U.S.

Hwasong 14 now has the engine and range to pass the first booster stage, but given that its just around 17 meters long, it's relatively short for an ICBM.
Shrinking the size of its nuclear warheads, as well as surviving in the final reentry phase, where the warhead has to withstand the frictional heat generated from reentering the Earth's atmosphere at hypersonic speeds, will be key.

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"The question now is can they make that small enough, light enough and regular enough to be carried by a ballistic missile."

For the regime's legitimacy, a strategic card to negotiate with the U.S., and self-defense against attack, North Korea has made becoming a nuclear-armed state its number one priority.
After having tested a nuclear bomb in 2006, North Korea has made another milestone in its missile development program that could possibly change the equation of how the world addresses the North Korean threat.
Kim Hyesung, Arirang News.


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