The North Korean Worker’s Party (NKPP) held a military parade on the 10th to mark its 75th anniversary, during which its new intercontinental missile (ICBM) was unveiled and became the focus of international discussions. In response, Professor Young-Geun Jang of the Korea Aerospace University released a preliminary analysis today, pointing out that the ICBM weighs about 100 tons and is difficult to transport to the launch site, and that the ICBM may be a strong show of force to the outside world, describing it as a “solid model.
The Yonhap News Agency quoted Young-geun Chang’s preliminary analysis, noting that the ICBM is about 23 meters long, 2.3 to 2.4 meters in diameter, and uses liquid propellant for its secondary boosters; the missile was delivered in an 11-axis, 22-wheeled mobile launcher (TEL) during the military parade, which Chang believes means it weighs more than the 21-meter-long North Korean Mars 15. “The missile will weigh about 100 tons when carrying liquid propellant.
In light of the above, Zhang Yonggen believes that it will be difficult to carry the missile to the launch site on a mobile launch vehicle and that it is more suitable for a fixed missile silo launch.
As for the world’s longest intercontinental missile, some analysts pointed out that the warhead is equipped with a “warhead mother ship (PBV)”, which is a necessary technology for the development of new multi-warhead ICBMs, and theoretically, if the North Korean multi-warhead ICBM is successfully developed, it can attack Washington or New York at the same time.
North Korea also unveiled the Polaris 4 SLBM at the ceremony on the same day, and Chang pointed out that its length is 1 meter shorter than the Polaris 3, and its length falls between 7.2 and 8 meters, while its diameter is still 1.6 to 1.7 meters. It appears to be in the field deployment or test firing stage.
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