Inside the Ring: North Korea’s ICBM Warhead

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un celebrates the successful test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un celebrates the successful test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 / Getty Images
image/svg+xml

Photographic analysis of North Korea’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) reveals the nose cone of the nuclear-capable rocket appears similar to a suspected Chinese-supplied warhead for a Pakistani nuclear-capable missile.

Missile analyst Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, tells Inside the Ring the warhead stage of the new ICBM, dubbed Hwasong-14 and flight-tested with great fanfare July 4, appears very similar to the last stage of a missile tested in January by Pakistan.

The Pakistani medium-range Ababeel missile was flight-tested Jan. 24 and is assessed to be capable of carrying either a conventional or nuclear warhead.

Read the entire article at the Washington Times.

Published under: North Korea

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT