North Korea's unprecedented nighttime military parade on Saturday showcased an unusually broad array of new weapons, from a show-stopping 'monster' ballistic missile to previously unseen battle tanks.
SEOUL - North Korea’s unprecedented nighttime military parade on Saturday showcased an unusually broad array of new weapons, from a show-stopping “monster” ballistic missile to previously unseen battle tanks.
Kim is walking a fine line, seeking to increase pressure on the United States to ease sanctions while not destroying rapport with U.S. President Donald Trump or Pyongyang’s partners in China. Estimated to be 25 to 26 metres long and 2.5 to 2.9 metres in diameter, the unidentified missile would be the largest road-mobile ICBM in the world, military analysts said.
“If each new North Korean ICBM can carry 3-4 warheads, we would need about 12-16 interceptors for each missile,” he said on Twitter. “The last time the U.S. bought 14 interceptors, it cost $1 billion.”Other analysts said the missile could simply be designed to carry a single, larger warhead. But the massive size of the new missile and its carrier also has drawbacks, said Markus Schiller, a missile expert based in Europe.
“If the new SLBM is intended to be deployed, it may be intended for the new conventionally powered ballistic missile submarine that North Korea hinted at building in July 2019,” analysts at 38 North, a U.S.-based think tank, said in a report.
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