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North Korea claims successful test of multiwarhead missile technology
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North Korea has claimed to have successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, also known as a MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle) system. According to official reports, the test was conducted to secure the MIRV capability, which would allow North Korea to launch multiple nuclear warheads with a single missile. The test is believed to be part of North Korea's efforts to develop its weaponry and overwhelm missile defenses in the continental United States. However, outside experts have questioned the significance of the test, suggesting that it may have been a preliminary or partial test rather than a full-scale demonstration of the MIRV capability.
Today North Korea disclosed something, but we believe it's simply a means of deception and exaggeration.
I had been anticipating a MIRV test for some time now, as this was one of the last remaining items on Kim Jong Un's modernisation wish list from the Eighth Party Congress back in January 2021.
Decoys will assist in that endeavour and will likely be incorporated onto their single-warhead missiles as well.
The presence of decoys is significant. North Korea has made no secret of its intention to stress and overcome U.S. homeland missile defences.
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- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Russian Foreign Policy
- 3.Chinese Foreign Policy
- 4.Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- 5.Nuclear Weapons
- 6.Japanese Foreign Policy
- 7.North-South Korea Conflict
- 8.South Korea Foreign Policy
- 9.South Korean politics
- 10.North Korea Nuclear Posture
- 11.Conflict
countries
- 1.Japan
- 2.Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- 3.Korea, Republic of
- 4.Russian Federation
- 5.United States
organizations
- 1.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- 2.United Nations
- 3.Eighth Party Congress
- 4.Missile Administration
- 5.US Marine Corp
persons
- 1.Kim Jong-Un
- 2.Vladimir Putin
- 3.Ankit Panda
- 4.Lee Sung-Jun
- 5.Choe Sang-Hun
- 6.Donald Trump
- 7.Yoon Suk-Yeol