{"id":113731,"date":"2024-11-01T10:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T10:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/north-korea-boasts-of-the-worlds-strongest-missile-but-experts-say-its-too-big-to-use-in-war-the-associated-press\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T10:03:23","slug":"north-korea-boasts-of-the-worlds-strongest-missile-but-experts-say-its-too-big-to-use-in-war-the-associated-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/north-korea-boasts-of-the-worlds-strongest-missile-but-experts-say-its-too-big-to-use-in-war-the-associated-press\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea boasts of \u2018the world\u2019s strongest\u2019 missile, but experts say it\u2019s too big to use in war – The Associated Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
North Korean television has broadcasted footage of the country\u2019s latest giant missile test, with leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter watching. North Korea\u2019s official state news agency KCNA said that the missile flew thousands of kilometres into the sky and into space before falling into the sea east of the country.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and his daughter observe what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, observes what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korean television has broadcasted footage of the country\u2019s latest giant missile test, with leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter watching. North Korea\u2019s official state news agency KCNA said that the missile flew thousands of kilometres into the sky and into space before falling into the sea east of the country.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and his daughter observe what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and his daughter observe what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, observes what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, observes what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile \u201cHwasong-19″ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \u201cKCNA\u201d which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) \u2014 North Korea boasted Friday that the new intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a><\/span> it just test-launched is \u201cthe world\u2019s strongest,\u201d a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation.
The ICBM launched Thursday flew higher and for a longer duration than any other weapon North Korea has tested. But foreign experts say the test failed to show North Korea has mastered some of the last remaining technological hurdles to possess functioning ICBMs that can strike the mainland U.S.
The North\u2019s Korean Central News Agency identified the missile as a Hwasong-19 and called it \u201cthe world\u2019s strongest strategic missile\u201d and \u201cthe perfected weapon system.\u201d The official media outlet said leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, describing it as an expression of North Korea\u2019s resolve to respond to external threats to North Korea\u2019s security.
The color and shape of the exhaust flames seen in North Korean media photos of the launch suggest the missile uses preloaded solid fuel,<\/a><\/span> which makes weapons more agile and harder to detect than liquid propellants that in general must be fueled beforehand.
But experts say the photos show the ICBM and its launch vehicle are both oversized, raising a serious question about their wartime mobility and survivability.
\u201cWhen missiles get bigger, what happens? The vehicles get larger, too. As the transporter-erector launchers get bigger, their mobility decreases,\u201d Lee Sangmin, an expert at South Korea\u2019s Korea Institute for Defense Analyses. <\/p>\n

The Hwasong-19 was estimated to be at least 28 meters long (92 feet) while advanced U.S. and Russian ICBMs are less than 20 meters long (66 feet), said Chang Young-keun, a missile expert at Seoul\u2019s Korea Research Institute for National Strategy. He suggested that the missile\u2019s size likely helped South Korean intelligence authorities<\/a><\/span> detect the launch plan in advance.
\u201cIn 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,\u201d Chang said.
Lee Illwoo, an expert with the Korea Defense Network in South Korea, said North Korea may have developed a larger missile to carry bigger and more destructive warheads or multi-warheads. If that\u2019s the case, Lee said North Korea could have used liquid fuels as they generate higher thrust than solid fuels. He said some advanced liquid propellants can be stored in missiles for a few weeks before liftoffs.
Lee said North Korea may have placed a dummy, empty warhead on the Hwasong-19 to make it fly higher.
In recent years, North Korea has reported steady advancement in its efforts to obtain nuclear-tipped missiles. Many foreign experts believe North Korea likely has missiles that can deliver nuclear strikes on all of South Korea, but it has yet to possess nuclear missiles that can strike the mainland U.S.
The hurdles it has yet to overcome, according to experts, include ensuring its warheads survive the heat and stress of atmospheric reentry, improving the altitude control and guidance systems for the missiles, and being able to use multiple warheads on a single missile to defeat missile defenses.
\u201cAcquiring reentry technology is currently the most important goal in North Korea\u2019s missile development, specifically for ICBMs, but they just keep increasing the ranges instead. This possibly suggests they still lack confidence in their reentry technology,\u201d Lee Sangmin said.
Chang said Friday\u2019s state media dispatch on the launch lacks details on the technological aspects of the Hawsong-19 and focused on publicity.
Other North Korean claims about its weapons capabilities have been met with wide outside skepticism.
In June, North Korea claimed to have tested a multiwarhead missile<\/a><\/span> in the first known launch of such a weapon, but South Korea said the weapon instead blew up. In July, when North Korea said it had test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying \u201ca super-large warhead,\u201d<\/a><\/span> South Korea said the claim was an attempt to conceal a botched launch.
North Korea\u2019s missile program is still a major regional security concern, with the country openly threatening to use its nuclear missiles against its rivals. In a joint statement Thursday, the foreign ministers of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan condemned the ICBM launch as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and said they\u2019re committed to strengthening their efforts to block North Korea\u2019s illicit revenue generation funding its missile and nuclear programs.
South Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Friday it has imposed unilateral sanctions on 11 North Korean individuals and four organizations for their alleged roles in procuring missile components and generating foreign currency to fund Pyongyang\u2019s weapons program. The sanctions are largely symbolic given that financial transactions between the Koreas have been suspended for years.
Also Friday, South Korea and the U.S. conducted their first-ever joint live-fire exercise using unmanned aerial vehicles as part of efforts to demonstrate their readiness. South Korea\u2019s RQ-4B \u201cGlobal Hawk\u201d reconnaissance aircraft and the U.S. MQ-9 Reaper strike drone were mobilized for the training, according to South Korea\u2019s air force. South Korea and the U.S. have been expanding their regular military drills to cope with North Korea\u2019s evolving nuclear threats.
Observers say that Thursday\u2019s launch, the North\u2019s first ICBM test in almost a year, was largely meant to grab American attention days before the U.S. presidential election and respond to international condemnation over North Korea\u2019s reported dispatch of troops<\/a><\/span> to Russia to support its war against Ukraine.
North Korea\u2019s reported troop dispatch highlights the expanding military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. South Korea. the U.S. and others worry North Korea might seek high-tech, sensitive Russian technology to perfect its nuclear and missile programs in return for joining the Russian-Ukraine war.<\/a><\/span>
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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